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* Agreed we should host download via HTTP, download via BitTorrent, and OGC Web Service access.
 
* Agreed we should host download via HTTP, download via BitTorrent, and OGC Web Service access.
 
* Agreed we should peer datasets through [http://www.geotorrent.org/ GeoTorrent]. Noted that they have [http://www.geotorrent.org/faq.php#siteb data format requirements] for hosted data sets that may not meet our needs -- e.g. VMap0. Frank Warmerdam will speak with Richard Orchard of GeoTorrent about this.
 
* Agreed we should peer datasets through [http://www.geotorrent.org/ GeoTorrent]. Noted that they have [http://www.geotorrent.org/faq.php#siteb data format requirements] for hosted data sets that may not meet our needs -- e.g. VMap0. Frank Warmerdam will speak with Richard Orchard of GeoTorrent about this.
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* Schuyler volunteers to sketch out a [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Geodata_Discovery_Working_Group#Hosting_Plan plan for hosting] two initial datasets, most likely VMap0 and Blue Marble NG (both of which John already has downloaded to the server).
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* Schuyler volunteers to sketch out a [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Geodata_Discovery_Working_Group#Hosting_Plan plan for hosting] <strike>two</strike> three initial datasets
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** Start with VMap0, Blue Marble NG, SRTM30
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** Host WMS/WCS via MapServer, WFS via GeoServer
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** Provide human- and machine-readable metadata for all three
  
 
=== Metadata Standards ===
 
=== Metadata Standards ===

Revision as of 09:22, 6 April 2006

Public Geospatial Data Committee Meeting 2006-Apr-06

Meeting Info

 Chair: Jo Walsh
 Minutes: Schuyler Erle
 IRC: #osgeo channel on irc.freenode.org
 Date: 2006-Apr-07 (at least in the Americas and Europe)
 Time: Thursday, 17:00 UTC

Agenda Items

Old Business

New Business

Minutes

Attendance

Schuyler Erle, John Graham, Jeff McKenna, Jo Walsh, Frank Warmerdam, Ned Horning, Perry Nacionales, Dan Putler

please add yourself ;-)

IRC Log

Data Hosting

  • The Public Geospatial Data Committee (e.g. 'we') plans to host data at http://osgeo.telascience.org/, courtesy of John Graham and the SDSC.
  • Agreed we should start by hosting +/- two showcase data sets, one raster, one vector.
  • Agreed we should host these datasets in their original formats first, before adding derivative/value-added versions.
  • Agreed we should host download via HTTP, download via BitTorrent, and OGC Web Service access.
  • Agreed we should peer datasets through GeoTorrent. Noted that they have data format requirements for hosted data sets that may not meet our needs -- e.g. VMap0. Frank Warmerdam will speak with Richard Orchard of GeoTorrent about this.
  • Schuyler volunteers to sketch out a plan for hosting two three initial datasets
    • Start with VMap0, Blue Marble NG, SRTM30
    • Host WMS/WCS via MapServer, WFS via GeoServer
    • Provide human- and machine-readable metadata for all three

Metadata Standards

  • Concern over metadata standards like FGDC that may be irrelevant or raise too high a barrier to contribution by users.
  • Discussion of the basic minimum of metadata attributes to make a data set useful
    • File format
    • Projection
    • Text description
    • Ownership/provenance
    • License
    • Source URL
  • Action Items
    • Jo agrees to work out what is already expressed in very common metadata namespaces like Dublin Core and FOAF versus what may need to be expressed in a custom or domain-specific (e.g. GML) namespace (such as representing projection, extent data etc that can be inferred from OGR).
    • John will talk to GEON participants about their work in agreeing on common metadata.

Next Meeting

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