Hello list,
I have been asked to forward this announcement about a new grassroots open data
project. The goal of the project is to make historical satellite image data
publicly available/accessible from a historical, previously propietary, CD-ROM
set from the early 1990s ("D-Sat 1 is a satellite atlas of Germany, consisting
of pictures taken by russian COSMOS satellites in 1991").
At the dawn of time (1996), prior to geospatial web services such as OGC, OSM,
GoogleMaps, etc. p.p., the D-Sat data were a game changer, as they provided for
the first time easy access to aerial and satellite image mosaics for Germany.
The project is still looking for collaborators.
Details and project blog here: https://dsat.igada.de/
Point of contact is Robert Jäschke from HU Berlin (IBI): robert DOT jaeschke AT
hu-berlin DOT de
I remember that there was a discussion about this in the early 2000s (?) on the
German GRASS User Association (GAV e.V.) and/or FOSSGIS (OSGeo local chapter
Germany) lists.
It would be great if technical access to the historical image mosaics could be
now provided by open geospatial tools and services.
Another interesting aspect could be the (orphaned?) ownership/copyright status
of the data.
Best,
Peter
<peter.lo...@gmx.de>
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