Surely more than one person in such a debate should be working from the basis that charging for geo-spatial data gathered by a publicly funded body is missing the point and limiting the opportunity for that data to be exploited in a way that maximises value for the wider society?
Just a thought :) Chris "Free our maps, free our maps..." ----- "Suchith Anand" <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear All, > > The Ordnance Survey has awarded a research contract to the Centre of > Geospatial Science (CGS) to investigate future data and data > management > developments that might impact on Ordnance Survey's operations and > services. > > Please see http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/projects_os.html for > more > details. > > In part fulfilment of this contract we are organising a series of > Think > Tank events to explore relevant technology developments and to better > understand how these developments might influence and impact on > spatial > data capture and usage in the future. > > The second of Think Tank events is to be held on 13th July 2009 > (Tuesday) at University of Nottingham and will cover the topic of > "Crowd > sourced data capture, geospatial mashups and its impact on NMAs" > > The Think Tank Meeting will a one-day event with 12 experts drawn from > a > mix of academic, commercial and industry backgrounds. Selected > participants may be invited to give brief presentations but in each > case > significant time will be allocated for discussion and open > exploration > of likely developments and potential consequences. The participants > will be divided into four teams (each with 3 members) and will work on > a > given challenge. The meeting will operate according to Chatham House > rules. > > Interested participants are invited to submit short position paper > (max > 2 A4 pages) detailing their potential think tank contribution, > expectations, vision and research interest, before 30 May 2009 to > suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk > > Travel and accommodation costs of all the selected participants will > be > reimbursed. Selection of invited experts will be made by the Ordnance > Survey. > > Think Tank Outcomes > > * Identify key research trends and developments in this theme > * Identify mid-term (2-5 years) and long-term (6-10 years) > research challenges in this theme > * Produce report on the Think Tank findings. > > Please contact me for any information required. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith Anand > > Dr Suchith Anand > Centre for Geospatial Science > Sir Clive Granger Building > University of Nottingham > Tel: (0)115 846 8408 > http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html > http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ > http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ > > > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment > may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer > system: > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with > the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK > legislation. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss