Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa has voted to release its data.

2010-06-03 Thread john whelan
I've been talking to Ottawa's CIO and he understands the licensing concerns. Apparently they are thinking of changing it but what would be useful is a internal OSM consensus on whether ODbL or PDDL is best. I understand that new people who sign up to OSM are being asked to release under ODbL. Th

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa has voted to release its data.

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:15 PM, john whelan wrote: > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/05/12/ottawa-open-data.html > > It will probably take some time before we can digest it but it looks like it > should be available soon. That's good news that Ottawa is open to Open. Thanks for bring

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa has voted to release its data.

2010-05-12 Thread john whelan
As I said it will take time to digest. Thanks John On 12 May 2010 14:25, Thomas Cort wrote: > Hello, > > There are some data sets up now (SHP files for parks and rec). Though > the license doesn't appear to be compatible with OSM. I've written up > my concerns about the terms of use here: > htt

[Talk-ca] Ottawa has voted to release its data.

2010-05-12 Thread john whelan
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/05/12/ottawa-open-data.html It will probably take some time before we can digest it but it looks like it should be available soon. Cheerio John ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.op