[Openstreetmap] Re: [geo-coord] minifesto, round N

[SteveC]

* @ 24/07/05 07:27:29 PM jo at frot.org wrote:
> I am feeling reasonably happy about the state of the open geodata
> minifesto, but don't have enough distance from it.
> http://okfn.org/geo/minifesto.html
> 
> In the end i removed the OS "100 bn of business" claim, as i was
> finding that hard to square narratively with the thrust "this data
> should be available free of cost for *noncommercial* use".
> 
> Re the signup system, i'm wondering if a standalone CGI would do or
> whether it would be important to have an "N people have signed" little
> bit of php in this document itself. Probably is, innit, and to have
> the signup form on the page itself? See how that looks. (Rufus, what's
> the best thing to do for a data store on the okfn machine?)

I was thinking 'surely you can turn this in to a pledgebank pledge' and
then thought, 'why not just do it'. So I did:

http://www.pledgebank.com/geodata

"I will sign the manifesto for Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial
Data when complete and give £10 toward helping projects creating open
geospatial data but only if 50 other people will too."

Please sign up.

> Feedback really apprec at this point, as i will feel reluctant to
> change the document once people actually start signing up to it. I
> felt it needed an intro paragraph, and enhancements to its
> 'punchiness' would be happily received.
> 
> 
> -jo
> 
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have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/