On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavall...@faunalia.it> wrote: > Il 21/07/2010 00:35, Joseph Reeves ha scritto: >>> Now, do you know any other UN FAO sponsored FOSS / Geo projects? >> >> Not only software, but data too; the FAO have released Africover data: >> http://www.africover.org/ > > Well, not really, it seems: > === > Your request is of a public resource, approval for this resource shall be > considered. > Please use the user panel at: http://www.africover.org/system/user/ to > monitor the > status of your request and to download the data sets if approved. > > Your request will be processed within 14 days. Should you not receive a > response to > this request in due time, please contact the administrator through the > control panel > for assistance. > > Please note that your request will be rejected if you belong to a > private/commercial > organization or if you are an individual user. As stated in the Africover > website > within the Data Dissemination section, Africover is not allowed to release > data to > individuals or private and commercial organizations. > === > Quite strange, for data classified as "Public domain", isn't it?
heh, heh... In FAO's worldview, it seems, Public Domain means "Don't give it to public." > > All the best. > -- > Paolo Cavallini: http://www.faunalia.it/pc > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss