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

[Mr. Puneet Kishor]

and now for something slightly different...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Nikos Alexandris <nikos.alexandris at felis.uni-freiburg.de>
> Date: August 14, 2010 4:11:20 AM CDT
> To: geodata at lists.osgeo.org, discuss at lists.osgeo.org, "open-source" <open-source at grnet.gr>
> Subject: [Geodata] geodata.gov.gr (beta) is up and running on foss
> 
> 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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Puneet Kishor http://punkish.org
Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org
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Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu
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