Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Hi all, > > As threatened I've finished a response to the Ordnance Survey consultation: > > http://www.systemeD.net/documents/os_consultation.pdf > > For those without the appetite to read five pages of PDF, the summary is: > > - Good news generally > - Releasing 1:25k and 1:50k rasters is not necessary and may be harmful > - Access to aerial imagery should be provided, with no restrictions on tracing > - Licence should take account of EU database rights > > I'd encourage everyone here, whether or not you agree with this, to > send your own response to the consultation. You can bet that there > will be well-funded people lobbying for the other side. Volunteer > projects like OSM have traditionally not been great at having their > voices heard in the corridors of power; let's make sure this one > doesn't get away. > > The original consultation is at > http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/ordnancesurveyconsultation
> . > > cheers > Richard As usual, Richard, a very enlightening set of points made in response. I must, at some point, get around to reading the consultation documents and forming my own response. Regards, Thomas _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
