Ian,
I believe you have to be a member to access the link that you sent.
I think talking to this organization would be the most productive way to
help. I believe that were involved in supporting the "free access" side
of the court case that you mentioned.
http://www.opendataconsortium.org/
The Sunburned Surveyor
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:36 AM
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Subject: [Geowanking] GIS Data Released--Mayhem Ensues!!!!
some of you saw my talk at where2.x last month ("How Open Is Open?") in
which I poked at much of the silliness around restricting access to
spatial data on the grounds of national security and privacy. I
mentioned the case of Santa Clara Country losing a case to restrict
access to parcel data--first because they wanted to sell it for more $$,
then because they decided it contained sensitive info.
CA Superior Court rejected these silly concerns last month. Now we find
the County seeks to appeal the ruling!
http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_6137335?nclick_check=1
This drives me mad. I'm talking to the ACLU and EFF but understandably,
they have bigger fish to fry. Access to transit data and
government-produced GIS data wants to be free and open, but without a
precedent-setting case groups will be scared to do battle.
Yes, the above is a US issue, but recent events in the UK indicate that
the Ordinance Survey isn't on as stable footing as was once thought. If
anything, things are worse (by and large) in Europe.
Ian White :: Urban Mapping, Inc
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