[open-government] Fwd: [Geodata] geodata.gov.gr (beta) is up and running on foss

Sun Aug 15 19:35:27 UTC 2010

Thanks Nikos, Jonathan,

posted it on the EPSI platform
http://epsiplatform.eu/news/news/greece_opens_geo_data_website/

<http://epsiplatform.eu/news/news/greece_opens_geo_data_website/>best

Ton

PS: Got interesting news about Open Data or Public Service Information (PSI)
and its reuse? Let me know! I'm a news editor at ePSIplatform.eu and always
looking for news items.
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2010/8/14 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>

> Great news from Greece...
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nikos Alexandris <nikos.alexandris at felis.uni-freiburg.de>
> Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:11 AM
> Subject: [Geodata] geodata.gov.gr (beta) is up and running on foss
> To: geodata at lists.osgeo.org, discuss at lists.osgeo.org, open-source
> <open-source at grnet.gr>
>
>
> Might be of your interest that,
>
> <http://www.geodata.gov.gr/> is (beta) up and running. "Public data, Open
> data" is the motto.
>
> For non-Greek speakers a sub-link perhaps worth looking at: "Χάρτες"(=maps)
> [1]. Services might be a bit slow since it partially runs on virtual
> machines
> (keeping the budget low and use existing infrastracture).
>
> --%<---
> Background info:
>
> - exclusively using open source tools:
> Joomla, PostGIS, MapServer, OpenLayers, MapFish, GeoNetwork
>
> - maps from:
> Google Maps (sat. imagery), Το OpenStreetMap (maps), "Κτηματολόγιο Α.Ε."
> (aerial imagery) [2]
>
> - coded in:
> PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java
>
>
> Licen$e stuff:
>
> - Google Maps [4]
> - OpenStreetMap [5]
> - "Κτηματολόγιο Α.Ε." (=Hellenic cadastre). Currently commercial use
> strictly
> prohibited [6]
> --->%--
>
> As far as my personal view counts, I really like that this has become a
> reality. One tiny annoyance: I don't have any special attachement to Google
> (=trying to politely express my thoughts) but is there any better
> alternative?
> None that I know of.
>
> OpenAerialMap [3] was shut down and wasn't realy comparable with the
> spatial
> resolution of Google's service.
>
> Dear reader, I kindly ask you to forward the link to greek speaking users.
> Kindest regards, Nikos
> ---
>
> [1] <http://www.geodata.gov.gr/maps/>
> [2] <http://www.ktimatologio.gr/ktima/EN/index.php>
> [3] <http://www.openaerialmap.org/Main_Page>
>
> [4] <http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/help/terms_maps.html>
> [5] Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License
> [6] <http://tinyurl.com/26ow8ku>
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