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* Support of Open Street Map, Open Aerial Map, and the Flight Gear Scenery Project | * Support of Open Street Map, Open Aerial Map, and the Flight Gear Scenery Project | ||
* Support of pulling together imagery during San Diego fires | * Support of pulling together imagery during San Diego fires | ||
+ | * First [[Edu Data Package North Carolina|OSGeo Educational data set]] available | ||
== Areas for Improvement == | == Areas for Improvement == | ||
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== Opportunities to Help == | == Opportunities to Help == | ||
* Strategic Planning -- without clear direction, it is hard to know where we can put peoples efforts to work | * Strategic Planning -- without clear direction, it is hard to know where we can put peoples efforts to work | ||
+ | * Cataloguing work - both on software setup side (GeoNetwork) and collecting metadata for public data sets | ||
+ | * Open [[Geodata Licensing]] success stories - writing about how your organisation or project has moved to an open licensing approach, sharing decisions with others | ||
== Outlook for 2008 == | == Outlook for 2008 == | ||
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* Clear Directions | * Clear Directions | ||
* Well defined areas where volunteers can get engaged | * Well defined areas where volunteers can get engaged | ||
+ | * A "GeoPortal" to data running on OSGeo systems | ||
[[Category: Reports 2007]] | [[Category: Reports 2007]] | ||
[[Category: Public Geospatial Data Committee]] | [[Category: Public Geospatial Data Committee]] |
Latest revision as of 13:23, 10 February 2008
Public Geospatial Data Committee
- Period covered by report: Jan-Dec 2007
- Contact name: David Bitner
Key Accomplishments
- Presentations and BOF at FOSS4G2007
- Support of Open Street Map, Open Aerial Map, and the Flight Gear Scenery Project
- Support of pulling together imagery during San Diego fires
- First OSGeo Educational data set available
Areas for Improvement
- Clear mission and direction that make it clear to members and outsiders who we are and what we do
- Work with others with similar goals so as not to reinvent the wheel
- Partner with those who need support of our resources
- Work more closely with Education Committee and education datasets
- Define clear areas where volunteers can be engaged
Opportunities to Help
- Strategic Planning -- without clear direction, it is hard to know where we can put peoples efforts to work
- Cataloguing work - both on software setup side (GeoNetwork) and collecting metadata for public data sets
- Open Geodata Licensing success stories - writing about how your organisation or project has moved to an open licensing approach, sharing decisions with others
Outlook for 2008
- Revised Mission
- Clear Directions
- Well defined areas where volunteers can get engaged
- A "GeoPortal" to data running on OSGeo systems