[okfn-discuss] Re: Fw: INSPIRE Democratic Process 1/2006

[Rufus Pollock]

Jo Walsh wrote:
> [background for okfn-discuss: the INSPIRE directive on european
> spatial data infrastructure is going to grant member states' national
> mapping agencies copyright on a lot of data that has been or should be 
> public domain, in a way that was not intended in the original draft.]

This is really bad ....

> dear Benjamin, thanks for your quick reply. Sorry that mine has been a
> bit slower; i'm trying to minimize screen time, and maximise unfocused
> time, due to a terrible migraine i've had for a week now. :/
> 
> What occurs to me right now is this:
> 
>>I am fully emplyed by FFII now, but my priorities are on the swpat
>>topic again.
> 
> 
> How are priorities being set within FFII? I understand that swpat is
> *incredibly* important. But is it as time-sensitive as INSPIRE right
> now? When is the second reading due to come up; how fast can we
> respond to this with a big public petition to make a difference?
> 
> I think you are absolutely the key person in this effort right now;
> you are in the right place and talking to the rapporteurs. Would you
> be able to reprioritise within FFII for just a few days, to help
> build background and create the message? If it would help, i recently
> wrote this essay trying to explain in basic layperson's terms how
> much impact there is in building a Spatial Data Infrastructure:
> http://space.frot.org/docs/why_sdi.html that FFIIers with no knowledge
> of the domain might be informed by a quick reading of.

I will circulate this within FFII wherever i can as I am sure will 
Benjamin ....

>>I was looking for a server to host publicgeodata.org/eu, but none of
>>my friends gave me. A friend of mine is giving me a shell on a machine
>>today.
>>What can be really quick is to setup a mediawiki + static frontend
>>like
>>I did for http://nopeatents.eu.org. The CSS design can be really
>>flexible with Mediawiki
> 
> 
> I would think OKFN would be able to offer hosting for this. And if
> that's not possible, i would offer space on the shared system that runs
> http://freemap.in . You mentioned a php based piece of petition
> software that may be good; phppetition? something better?

OKFN would host this no problem. We could even fold it in to the 
existing geo project. You already have full access via sudo (I believe) 
so feel free to poke around.

> I am 100% up for working on the docset in short bursts, helping to get
> the information laid out, and getting the word out, as below: there is
> a BIG list of geo SMEs and academics who signed
> http://okfn.org/geo/manifesto.php
> 
> Any other OKFNers have time and energy to help set up the software?

I'd really like to but I am already overwhelmed with other stuff i am 
having to produce at present. Come March I may have more time ... :(

~rufus