[geo-discuss] stopDWG

[Rufus Pollock]

Dear Piergiorgio,

I found your information on the cost of getting data very interesting. 
This the kind of thing we need to collect more of if we are to make a 
convincing case about the benefits of open geodata so I've just created 
a page where we could add this sort of information at:

   http://www.publicgeodata.org/Cost_Of_Geodata

Regards,

Rufus Pollock

Piergiorgio Cipriano wrote:
> Good point Paolo,
> have a look here ... http://sit.geographics.it/Web_SigProvFe/Home.html 
> <http://sit.geographics.it/Web_SigProvFe/Home.html>
> it's a just released service by a Provincia di Ferrara selling dwg tiles 
> of its topographic map.
> You can register, view and download copies.
> DWG, of course, can be converted using free tools, but you will probably 
> loose information.
> Furthermore: DWG is graphic, not geographic!
> And, more important, many public admins are actually SELLING dwg files: 
> in the case mentioned above the entire map will cost you more than 37K € 
> !!!
> 
> pg
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/28/06, *Paolo Cavallini* < cavallini at faunalia.it 
> <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
> 
>     -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>     Hash: SHA1
> 
>     Hi all.
>     Here in Italy we're having troubles with public admin releasing data in
>     DWG format (unusable with free tools, as you know). We're thinking to
>     start a "StopDWG" campaign.
>     What are your feelings about this?
>     All the best.
>     pc
>     - --
>     Paolo Cavallini
>     email+jabber: cavallini at faunalia.it <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>
>     www.faunalia.it <http://www.faunalia.it>
>     Piazza Garibaldi 5 - 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy   Tel: (+39)348-3801953
>     -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>     Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)
>     Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
> 
>     iD8DBQFFa+az/NedwLUzIr4RAtyIAJ4roK3W7VKEmsZmUfrknd4oNcGPnQCeKKwP
>     BUoDwAxDSiawNN99zCsyOTA=
>     =WQP+
>     -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> 
>     _______________________________________________
>     geo-discuss mailing list
>     geo-discuss at lists.okfn.org <mailto:geo-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
>     http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss
>     <http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Piergiorgio Cipriano
> pg.cipriano at gmail.com <mailto:pg.cipriano at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> geo-discuss mailing list
> geo-discuss at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss