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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-09-06 23:54, Nicolas Pettiaux
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<div>In March, I have met the directeur général adjoint of IGN
during a meeting about GIS in Belgium where I represented the
OSM.BE team (Ben had been invited too and I have coordinated
with him) and he let me know that he would be willing to share
data with us.</div>
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<div>We could prepare to go and meet officially (as the OSM-be
representatives) IGN to discussi licences, compatibility and
mutual help.</div>
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<div>Who is interested ?</div>
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The geographic sites conditions usually limit the vision of what is
conceivable to do with their maps to "you can print a map" (waste
paper, what about copying the picture to a smartphone/GSM instead?).
But we have learned after 5 years of "we cannot copy (yet)" that
what the SPW conditions do not say is that "what OSM is doing is not
copying". Hence, it would be <b>very interesting</b> indeed to <b>at
least</b> know the corresponding opinion of IGN/NGI about what we
are doing. And even more that they are willing to share data as
Minister Henry wad told to have asked the SPW to do.<br>
And, btw, to ask the Minister if the boundary data is the property
of IGN/NGI or theirs (btw, should I explain that if M. Henry is no
longer the right minister, his successor should be asked after
crossing one's fingers).<br>
<a
href="http://www.ngi.be/testbed/wms/top10r_l08_fr?FORMAT=image/png&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=0&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG:3857&WIDTH=1000&HEIGHT=512&BBOX=688544.7507928,6539340.6438534,690990.7356980,6540563.6363060">A
typical case is this map</a> that <a
href="http://www.ngi.be/testbed/pages">can be obtained from here</a>
(tag Visualisez) (or otherwise).<br>
What can exactly be done with it, especially the +++ borderlines
beside not printing it?<br>
Compare it with others, help understanding others, correcting
others, ... or, if, like the SPW secret, "être copiées et
reproduites de manière excessive" is not what OSM is doing?<br>
I'd like to know that, as a contributor of 5000 km of very precisely
mapped Walloon borders, who would rectify other borders 10, 25, 50 m
off their location, I started with a 250m shift in Banneux.<br>
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The IGN/NGI is a most important source of information indeed.<br>
Thanks. Keep us informed.<br>
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Cheers
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Nicolas<br>
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Le dim 6 sep 2015 à 21:45, André Pirard
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:a.pirard.papou@gmail.com"><a.pirard.papou@gmail.com></a> a écrit :<br>
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Hi,<br>
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In their now official <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cartesius.be/CartesiusPortal/">Cartesius
project</a>, IGN/NGI/NGI/NGI et al. too <a
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href="http://www.cartesius.be/arcgis/home/webmap/viewer.html?">are
now using OpenStreetMap</a> (click Basemap).<br>
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It would have been surprising that NGI did not display the OSM
© notice <span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span><br>
Please notice that they reproduce without a frown the OSM
mapping of the so-called © NGI boundaries that we "cannot copy
yet" (belonging to the various successive governments (French
and Belgian mainly)) !<br>
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Cheers ,<br>
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