[open-geodata] We need more actions in the open geodata movement

Tue Jul 19 10:19:28 UTC 2011

Please see my talk related to this topic that I gave at the Third Open Source GIS Conference (OSGIS 2011) University of Nottingham, UK,21-22nd June 2011. 'The impact of open data, open source software and open standards on the evolution of National SDIs'  http://uiwapmds01.nottingham.ac.uk/QCSPlace/ondemand/Events11/a5a1e446858f4867b77716111a/run.htm 

I would be pleased to receive feed-back on the thoughts presented.

Mike.

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-----Original Message-----
From: open-geodata-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:open-geodata-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Maurizio Napolitano
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:48 AM
To: open-geodata at lists.okfn.org
Subject: [open-geodata] We need more actions in the open geodata movement

When I speak about open data, one of the first things that is taken into 
account is the geo data topic.
They are often referred to as "magics", "specials", "importants" ...
Despite this the talks at the OKCon conference about the geo topic were few.
Furthermore, in those few, the google map was present in 90% of cases.

I believe that the geo topic is very important and needs more actions so 
we can have more open geo data.
This mailing list might help you grow.

The traffic is very low.
http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-geodata/

I'm the only one who feels this problem?

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