> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Discoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [vtp] FW: Announce: Forum on Open Geodata, London, April 14th > > > > I'm forwarded this announcement for those of you in the UK who are not on > the freegis mailing list. > -Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jo Walsh > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > List members concerned about the issue of access to state-owned geodata in > the UK and Europe might find the following event interesting... > > Forum on Open Geo-Data > ====================== > > == Where and When == > * When: Thurs April 14th 2005 > * Where: Stanhope Centre, Marble Arch, London. > [http://www.stanhopecentre.org/about/directions.shtml Directions] > * Who can attend: public. Registration is optional but useful so please > notify us if you can via [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Who is speaking: > * Steve Coast ([http://openstreetmap.org openstreetmap]) > * Roger Longhorn (geodata policy expert) > * Giles Lane ([http://socialtapestries.net social tapestries]) > * Jo Walsh ([http://mappinghacks.com mapping hacks]) > * TBC > > == Subject Matter == > > ''One thing the projects in the civic information forum share, is a > dependency for spatial information in their service; even if that's as > simple as 'enter my postcode'...'' > > The Open Knowledge Forum on geo-data is bringing together people working on > free of copyright mapping and open geo-data projects, with those working on > local government and NGO which need maps and spatial analysis. > > The UK is one of the best-mapped surfaces on the planet, but our national > mapping resources are highly-priced and administered by a semi-private > company that acts as a monopoly based on Crown Copyright. > > The Public Sector Information Directive emphasises the benefits and > importance of access to geographic information. But local governments don't > own the information they gather, and arguably millions are wasted providing > expensive "viewing" services which present pictures of the data, instead of > raw information. > > This forum will be a discussion about different applications with a civic > society focus, such as participatory planning or problem reporting, which > could be initially built using free base maps and geocoding facilities. > > For more information please see: > * http://www.okfn.org/geo/ > * http://okfn.org/wiki/OpenKnowledgeForums > * http://okfn.org/wiki/OpenGeoData > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vtp/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > >
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