Geodata Committee Meeting 20060329

= Public Geospatial Data Committee Meeting 2006-Mar-29 =

Meeting Info
Chair: Jo Walsh Minutes: Schuyler Erle IRC: #osgeo channel on irc.freenode.org Date: 2006-Mar-29 (at least in the Americas and Europe) Time: Wednesday March 29, 15:00 UTC

Old Business

 * Review minutes from last meeting
 * Actions from previous meeting
 * Advertise the need for working group members (volunteers?) to the main discuss list [Done]
 * Proposed workgroups:
 * Data Discovery / Access - Geodata Discovery Working Group
 * Packaging / Reuse / QA / Maintenance - Geodata Packaging Working Group
 * Data Licensing - Geodata Licensing Working Group
 * Each working group will propose action items (in near future)
 * Itemize old business items here please

New Items

 * Open Geodata Project portal
 * Create a welcome page
 * Starting to put together our requests for data services on the OSGeo repository at telascience
 * what data can be hosted (mirrors of OnEarth/Landsat and Blue Marble are already there
 * what index/search facilities can be offered.
 * what metadata schemes can be most useful
 * Discussion of progress on the INSPIRE Directive on sharing environmental information within Europe and how EU-based people can help raise awareness at a national level before the final vote in the European Parliament
 * Please Add Agenda Items

Minutes

 * Minutes go here

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