[Talk-us] Portland data

[SteveC]

Dear all

Adam wrote to me about possible Public Domain Portland, Oregon data  
that we could import:

"
>
> Thanks for emailing me again. I talked to someone with the city, and  
> he seemed to think I needed to contact Metro ( http://www.metro-region.org/ 
>  ), about GIS datasets. Metro has a page at http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=593 
>  where they talk about GIS datasets that can be purchased. I was  
> planning to call them and ask about whether the information was  
> public domain (as most of it should be, unless it was done by  
> private contractors) and if it was, why they were selling it. I  
> haven't gotten around to contacting them yet. I got distracted by  
> school and inquiries to the US Forest Service (which I've posted  
> about on dev@) about getting GIS data for national forests in the  
> US. That, at least, looks promising. I'll put calling Metro on my to- 
> do list.
"

We at CloudMade could put some resources to get this imported, but I  
need to know a) if it's Public Domain and b) if it's better data than  
what we have.

Can anyone (especially anyone local to Portand but it's not crucial)  
take some time to look and see?

Also, any other data in the US that fits that description please let  
me know about and we can possibly help get it imported.

Best

Steve