Jeroen Ticheler wrote: > Hi Markus and Mateusz, > I have contacted my colleagues in UNOSAT to check what their policies > are and received a prompt reply on this today:
Jeroen, Fantastic! Thank you very much it. Yesterday, after Markus asked about it, I posted all my/our questions to UNOSAT but I've not got any response yet. > _______ > As for UNOSAT data policy etc.: All maps online are free to use by the > general public. As for raw imagery these follow normal copyright > restrictions, but we try our best to ensure that at least the UN has > access to the raw data. A lot of imagey is available through our Imagery > Bank, and the copyright issue is well explained there (to which those > wanting to download Imagery Bank data have to agree). Those are mostly > Tsunami related Charter data that are indeed only for not-for-profit > humanitarian applications related to tsunami work. We also have a > substantial amount of offline imagery, which also follow normal > copyright restrictions, but these are not available for download unless > specifically agreed, of course. > > The person asking of data can be used for her/his commercial work, will > need to be more specific of what kind of data is needed. Again, our > online maps are available to the general public. > > UNOSAT is a 100% UN programme (UNITAR Operational Satellite Applications > Programme). The administrative part of UNOSAT is located at Chatelaine, > Geneva, while the operational part at CERN, Geneva. UNOSAT benefits from > CERN's solid IT infrastructure, hence the sometimes confusion about CERN > e-mail addresses and domain names. UNOSAT is NOT funded by CERN, but > does however collaborate on certain projects, like the Grid project. > UNOSAT is funded through projects undertaken on behalf of sister UN > agencies, through strategic projects funded for example by the European > Commission and European Space Agency and finally bilaterally by UN > member states. > _______ > This clarification is very helpful. However, I'm not able to answer if/how does it relates to objectives of the OSGeo Public Geodata project. I hope others (Markus?) will be able to explain it. Cheers -- Mateusz Loskot http://mateusz.loskot.net _______________________________________________ geo-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss
