Hi Jachym, I'd also like to support the idea of having a dedicated INSPIRE unit in OSGeo (if it's not too late may be having a bof on FOSS4G [1] or a little meeting at the FOSSGIS-Konferenz [2] in Rapperswil?).
Marco chairman FOSSGIS e.V. OSGeo local chapter D-A-CH [1] http://2013.foss4g.org/ [2] http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/ Am 15.05.2013 14:52, schrieb Coetzee Serena: > I support the idea of widening the group to SDIs in general which would be > more inclusive (even if it is initiated and dominated by INSPIRE) - the use > and application of open source for SDIs in developing countries is very > relevant. > > Regards, > -- > Serena Coetzee > > Geography Building 3-5 > Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and > Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South > Africa > email: [email protected] Web: www.up.ac.za/cgis > Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823 · Fax: +27 12 420 6385 > > On 15 May 2013, at 13:56 , Rafał Wawer wrote: > > Hi Jachym, > A dedicated unit within OSGeo targeting INSPIRE and more broadly SDI would is > IMO a great idea Jachym. > > I recall, I proposed OSGeo to play a role of SDIC > (http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/181 ) already good 4 > years ago. :) > > From the user point of view, making the OSGeo desktop software > INSPIRE-compliant would be a great asset - especially extending data > interoperability to be able to export datasets to INSPIRE data models and > automatically creates corresponding metadata. > > INSPIRE network services, well, at least those I know: discovery, view, > download; are close to OGC WCS, WMS and WFS - services already implemented > in OSGeo software projects. > > Cheers: > RAf > > > DR. Rafal Wawer > The Department of Soil Science Erosion Control and Land Protection > The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research institute > ul. Czartoryskich 8 > 24-100 Puławy > Poland > > Member of the OSGeo Foundation: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Wawer_Rafal > > mobile: +48601516434 > web: www.erozja.iung.pulawy.pl > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jachym Cepicky > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:18 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] time for inspire committee at osgeo? > > Hi, > > I'm working on some presentation about OSGeo relationship to INSPIRE > directive (some preliminary czech version of presentation, which should be > presented at this years INSPIRE conference [1]) > > And it came to my mind, that OSGeo does not have any body, related to INSPIRE > [2] > > While I agree, INSPIRE is mainly EU-only topic, I think, implementing INSPIRE > has big market potential and software, which does not indicate support for > INSPIRE is banned from to be used in public organizations in EU. I believe, > also "rest of the world" can profit from changes, necessary to be implemented > in EU. > > Therefore I would consider INSPIRE committee in OSGeo as important body, > which would coordinate efforts of OSGeo projects towards INSPIRE, so that we > could declare: OSGeo projects are INSPIRE ready or we are working on it. > > Any opinions to this? I'm personally usually against forming "yet another > committee", but in this case, I do not see the topic to be covered and it > really is important issue here. > > Jachym > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013-paper > [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE > -- > Jachym Cepicky > Help Service - Remote Sensing s.r.o. > [email protected] > HS-RS: [email protected] http://bnhelp.cz > http://les-ejk.cz > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FOSSGIS 2013, Die Konferenz für Open Source GIS mit OpenData und OpenStreetMap erstmals in der Schweiz! 12.-14. Juni, HSR, Rapperswil, http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FOSSGIS e.V. die unabhängige Hilfe bei freier GIS-Software und freien Geodaten http://www.fossgis.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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