FOSS4G Public Geodata BOF

• Petition for Public Access to Geodata in Europe

• Public Access Geodata Repository

• Geodata Licensing Working Group - PGL

• Geodata Discovery Working Group

• Geodata Packaging Working Group - Education Committee

Nearby

• Public Geodata License

• Open Knowledge Definition

• Geodata Commons (Harlan Onsrud's group at U.Maine

• Free Earth Foundation (WorldWind data access effort)

• MadMappers (Africa GIS data effort)

Notes

FOSS4G Public Geodata BOF Attendees

Pedro suggests Connecting with legislation writers, policy makers in ministry level

JRC - technical institute in Europe - EC project management - environment and consumer protection

Nick - data copyright concerns - NMA legal constraints - grounds - assuring data integrity

Can OSGeo offer a legal advice service for small businesses and orgs working with open data

Pedro - software management issues like data management issues - with open process one is always taking a risk

Nick - a lot to learn from software licensing issues