I've sent this email to Duane Groth, he has extensive experience in building GIS mapping application and consults to a number of companies in this space so maybe he can explain to us all of the ramifications of the Canadian announcement.
Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Igor Foox > Sent: Friday, 6 April 2007 4:57 PM > To: OpenMoko > Subject: Article: Canada's New Government Provides Free Online Access toDigital > Mapping Data > > http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=290039 > > "Experts and other users of digital topographic data will no longer > have to pay to use digital versions of government maps and data...As > well as waiving access fees, NRCan is lifting all cost and licence > restrictions on the redistribution of the data. This will help ensure > that accurate and consistent information is available for users." > > That sounds pretty cool, especially being a Canadian. :) > I'm no expert on mapping data, can anyone with more experience > elaborate whether this is the sort of data that could be useful for > building open source mapping applications and not have to agree to > restrictive licenses on the data? > > From the site: > "The geospatial data are grouped in collections and are compatible > with the most popular geographic information systems (GIS), with > image analysis systems and the graphics applications of editing > software." > > and > > "The collections include raster data, such as satellite images or > scanned topographic maps, vector data, such as national-scale > frameworks (grouped by theme), and a database of ground control points." > > Igor > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
