[OSM-talk-be] Urbis, i.e. GIS in Brussels

[Nicolas Pettiaux]

Dear  Chris

2011/1/14 Chris Browet <cbro at semperpax.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Looking in the archives, it seems some have already tried to contact Urbis
> regarding the utilization of Brussels geodata for openstreetmap.
>
> Does anyone knows if that led to something?

I am the one who tried that years ago because I happened to know the
person in charge. He was receptive but not convinced, and as a member
of the administration, he wanted a recognized partner (= a company or
a well recognized, legal organization) to deal with. Such a partner,
as he viewed it should have to be preferably Belgian.

I tried to get in touch with the OSM foundation to start some
negocation, but it appeared to me quickly that the owner of the URBIS
data was not going to be easy ... and also that the added value of the
URBIS data to the OSM map that is already good for Brussels would be
limited.

One point that could lead to another contact is that now OSM has
really evolved, and received more data from public authorities (eg
French cadastre, UK ordonce survey, French cities data in Rennes ...)
and the URBIS data contain the cadastre for Brussels.

Best regards,

Nicolas
> - Chris -
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