Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter

2012-07-29 Thread Suchith Anand
Excellent nomination. OSGeo Live has added huge momentum to the education efforts of OSGeo. Cameron's expertise will definitely enrich the Board .I strongly support this nomination. Best wishes, Suchith From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Barry Rowlingson
Hi all, thanks for all the comments in the last 24 hours or so. Here's comments on them: How to deal with the data property and rights, ragrding both printing or spreading on the Web ? We'd have to get permission from the authors, but that shouldn't be a problem. I recently edited a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread se...@arnulf.us
Really good idea, and great to see so many interested. I offer to act as data licensing advisor / clearinghouse and add what we learn from the process to the OSGeo Wiki. Step one of my planned Public Geospatial Data Committee revival. Step two will be an OSGeo White Paper defining Open Data,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
Also, some companies would be willing to help underwrite production costs in exchange for some small ads on the back pages, if we wanted to go that way. Nice idea, but initial production costs are zero with publish-on-demand - its just the time of the editor. Ah, but you're not thinking

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Dimitris Kotzinos
Dear all, I would like to second Arnulf's suggestions for the committee and the white paper. Slight amendment : let's name it Open Geospatial Data Committee. I'd be happy to participate. Best, Dimitris Really good idea, and great to see

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter

2012-07-29 Thread Cameron Shorter
Thank you all for the board nomination, and kind words. I should point out what I believe is important in an OSGeo board, which in turn will guide how I'd like to behave as a board member. * I believe a board should listen to the community, work out what is the best for the community, then

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Simon Cropper
On 30/07/12 02:19, se...@arnulf.us wrote: Really good idea, and great to see so many interested. I offer to act as data licensing advisor / clearinghouse and add what we learn from the process to the OSGeo Wiki. Step one of my planned Public Geospatial Data Committee revival. Step two will be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread George Silva
The FOSSGIS Brasil magazine (www.fossgisbr.com.br) showcases a open-source produced map each edition. It's hard to get a quality map, because I think, many people get the chills to send their work to us. You'll need some convincing, but it's a great idea. Cheers On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:49

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Andrew Turner
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr wrote: Dear all, I would like to second Arnulf's suggestions for the committee and the white paper. Slight amendment : let's name it Open Geospatial Data Committee. I'd be happy to participate. +1 on an Open Geospatial

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Simon Cropper
On 30/07/12 11:43, Andrew Turner wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr wrote: Dear all, I would like to second Arnulf's suggestions for the committee and the white paper. Slight amendment : let's name it Open Geospatial Data Committee. I'd be happy to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Mr. Puneet Kishor
On Jul 29, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Andrew Turner ajtur...@highearthorbit.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr wrote: Dear all, I would like to second Arnulf's suggestions for the committee and the white paper. Slight amendment : let's name it Open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-29 Thread Ravi Kumar
+1 Great possibilities for Public-participatory data.  From: Simon Cropper simoncrop...@fossworkflowguides.com To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas On 30/07/12 11:43, Andrew