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| − | * [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2107&trv=1 | + | * [http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2107&trv=1 Why Europe Needs to Provide its Own Public Geodata ] by Jo Walsh (Feb 15, 2006) |
Revision as of 07:36, 17 February 2006
Introduction
The Public Geospatial Data Project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation is currently in the "definition phase". That means that we're in the process of putting together information about the kinds of things we could do, which organizations might be relevant, how the project might be structured, etc. Since the entire OSGeo is new, we're really working out the process for starting a non-software based project as we go.
Likely scenario
- Information gathering
- Develop list of potential participants
- Invite people/organizations to express interest
- Discuss potential charter (is there an "official" OSGeo name for this?)
- Present charter to OSGeo Board for approval (or do the members also get to vote on it?)
- Charter should probably have "Terms of Reference" - i.e. what the group will do
- Charter should probably have an initial list of participants/organizations (not all need to be members)
- Charter should name a Chair and a Vice Chair (or co-chairs?) (must proposed chair already be a member or can s/he become a member by virtue of being part of this?)
- Assuming project is approved - Get to work!
Potential Members
If you add people/orgs to this list, please indicate whether you're adding yourself/your organization or whether you are "nominating" the person/organization as a potential member.
Individuals
- Allan Doyle (self)
- Jo Walsh (potential)
Organizations
- EOGEO (self)
- OpenStreetMap Project (potential)
- GSDI Association (potential)
Existing Work
Geo Data Licenses
Geo Data Repositories / Group Collection Projects
Geo Data Policy Advocacy
- Public Geodata Project with the support of the Open Knowledge Foundation
- Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial Data Manifesto
Geo Data Repository & Policy Research
Further Reading
- "Open Source Software for Spatial Data Infrastructure (FOSSDI)". SDIC submitted to INSPIRE/EU.
PDF with layout | HTML without layout - Why Europe Needs to Provide its Own Public Geodata by Jo Walsh (Feb 15, 2006)