Public Geospatial Data Project

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

University of Maine Commons for Geographic Data