[Imports] Imports

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi again,


Rather than asking the federal (and all levels) governments for
exclusive use of taxpayer funded geo-data, to just OpenStreetMap.org
You might have bete luck in simply asking the governments to support
the sme licence as Natural Resources Canada (unrestricted use) or USGS
- public domain, or Austrailia CCBY.
This would allow for the greater geospatial community, and for profit
and non-profit organizations (everyone) to make full use of the geo
data.


Its unfortunatle that OpenStreetMap has the restrictions (share-alike
clause), so asking when asking government, it's a clear 1-way 'direct
concent' as the standard licence of all geo-data already has (ie.
unauthorised use, unless direct concent given).




and as i mentioned before, being an OpenStreetMap foundation board
member, would allow you to have a direct say in the overall vision of
the Project.



cheers,
sam

On 11/19/10, Tom Blackmore <tom.blackmore at arctictiger.se> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Next year I'm hoping to go from OSM user and contributer to OSM
> visionary. I'm going to try and convince several large public
> organisations and politicians that they have to start looking at
> releasing data to OSM. I have one big presentation already booked and
> I need help. If all goes well it could make a massive difference to
> OSM in Scandinavia.
>
> What I need help with is contact. Contact with other people that have
> successfully managed to convince large organisations to release data.
> I would love some great case studies, to use as examples. The main
> focus is going to be local authorities that are responsible for
> collecting geodata here in Sweden. So any local authorities that work
> tightly with OSM in any country would be absolutely perfect. But any
> suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Tom
>
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