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Wait what?<br>
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I don't think they'd trust OSM for its geodata databases, especially
if everybody in the world who has an OSM account can edit it at
will.<br>
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With regards,<br>
Svavar Kjarrval<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/01/13 22:18, Johan C wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAD=7VoupGjAVuh2xo895RJx3TQ00kmg3+8MD468vW_Yxwt-=jQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Give them the suggestion to use Openstreetmap as their
database, since that's the cheapest platform for the Icelandic
taxpayer, the uptime is almost 100%, it's flexible, Icelandic
citizens and government can cooperate to get the best map
possible, it's open and available to anyone.
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<div>Cheers, Johan<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2013/1/17 Alex Barth <span dir="ltr"><<a
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Ugh. Like you're saying, this is clearly not a good "open"
policy. Does Iceland or any involved politicians have
ambitions to join the Open Government Partnership? This
might be an angle.<br>
<br>
Maybe worthwhile to put in an official notice by the OSMF
that this law would hurt volunteer contributed geo data
projects like OSM?<br>
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Also, Pakistan comes to mind: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dawn.com/2012/11/21/pakistanis-lost-without-maps/"
target="_blank">http://dawn.com/2012/11/21/pakistanis-lost-without-maps/</a><br>
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On Jan 17, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Svavar Kjarrval <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:svavar@kjarrval.is" target="_blank">svavar@kjarrval.is</a>>
wrote:<br>
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> Hi.<br>
><br>
> There is a bill (in the meaning of 'proposed law')
in the Icelandic<br>
> parliament regarding nature protection that worries
me. The bill states<br>
> that the National Land Survey of Iceland is
supposed to create a<br>
> database of roads and road tracks and it should be
free (as in cost) and<br>
> „available“ (nothing prevents terms being set for
distribution). That's<br>
> not what worries me since free (as in freedom) data
is excellent.<br>
><br>
> It further states that all maps distributed in
Iceland have to conform<br>
> to the database mentioned above, or The Environment
Agency of Iceland<br>
> can invoke daily fines on whoever distributes a
database that doesn't<br>
> conform to this standard. This requirement is put
on everybody, not just<br>
> those who get a copy of said database. By
definition, it's impossible to<br>
> ensure that the OSM database conforms to this
standard at all times<br>
> since the database can always be freely downloaded
and edited. It could<br>
> also restrict people in Iceland that would like to
legally distribute<br>
> OSM maps and data since they'd have a hard time
being sure that the<br>
> requirement is fulfilled in their copy of the
database.<br>
><br>
> The bill is under review by a parliamentary
committee and I'd like to<br>
> send it a review under my name. I would like some
pointers of what I<br>
> should mention in the review to convince them to
drop that requirement.<br>
> If you'd like, I could provide a rough translation
of the corresponding<br>
> article in the bill.<br>
><br>
> With regards,<br>
> Svavar Kjarrval<br>
><br>
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