I have been told directly by colleagues at both the Pennsylvania and
Indiana geological surveys about "giving away" the data. Google seems to
have feelers out for whenever new data are acquired by state agencies...
I agree, it's not sinister! But it would be nice to have access to those
tiles :-)
Paul Ramsey wrote:
Puneet,
Sorry, don't have any particular details, just lots of anecdotal reports
of public agencies giving their data to Google in order to achieve the
holy grail of seeing "their data in Google Earth".
http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/7507.htm
This is not uncommon, and it is not particularly sinister from a
"business" point of view, since the givers are receiving what they want
(access in a kewl tewl) and the givees are receiving what they want
(data they can add to Google Earth for free).
--
David Percy
Geospatial Data Manager
Geology Department
Portland State University
http://gisgeek.pdx.edu
503-725-3373
