Michael O'Keefe wrote:
It's not hard, it's expensive. Last time I looked, I think it cost
$180k to get the USA, and similar cost for Canada from the Canadian
govt. Every time someone from the govt proposes to make the data free
to the public, the "Garmin"'s of the country/world convince them
otherwise to protect their investment.
That is why someone needs to take the data and re-publish it under a
GPL-like license.
I don't think you can "take" it and republish it. It's copyright US Govt
(thanks to their satellites and their staff walking the trails)
No, it's copyright US taxpayers, and as a taxpayer I'll do with it as I wish.
So there US Govt. :P
PGA
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