Landon -- Please look at http://www.osgeo.org/geodata and join the mailing list. The OSGeo Geodata committee has been a part of OSGeo pretty much from the beginning of OSGeo.
David On 11/12/07, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any effort at the OSGeo to advocate for "reasonable" access to > publicly funded geospatial data? By reasonable I mean: > > > > [1] With an affordable price reflecting the actual cost to reproduce the > data. > > [2] Released in a format that doesn't require expensive proprietary > software. > > > > For example, the United States Forest Service has some extensive > geospatial data sets available to the public, but they release it in ESRI > Geodatabase Format. (They didn't respond to my requests for the data in > Shapefile Format.) Another example is one of my local counties, which sells > data in ESRI Shapefile format for $200 a layer under a very strict license > agreement. > > > > I was wondering if there was any type of "committee" or other organized > effort at the OSGeo that provided "education" and advocacy for reasonable > access to publicly funded data. It seems like a natural fit for the > organization, and one great way to enable everyday use of open source GIS > programs. (At a minimum, it seems like we could keep a catalog of public > agencies and there policy for the release of geospatial data.) > > > > Landon > > > > > *Warning: > *Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against > defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this information in error, please notify the sender > immediately. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- ************************************ David William Bitner
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