[OSM-talk] Placenames in Iceland - upcoming bill

Clifford Snow clifford at snowandsnow.us
Sat Jan 12 06:15:41 GMT 2013


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Svavar Kjarrval <svavar at kjarrval.is> wrote:

> They clearly want the placenames to be available everywhere so people will
> be better equipped to know the name of every hill and valley, if a name
> exists. I think this should give an idea of the data density:
> http://atlas.lmi.is/ornefnasja/ (more placenames appear as you zoom in
> closer)
>

Does the data exist today in an PD format?

I agree with Richard that you should recommend a license that provides for
open data. I wonder if there is something from the International Open Data
Conference, http://www.data.gov/communities/conference, that could help you
with convince the government to choose open data.

-- 
Clifford

OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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