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)
I may be wrong, but I think most reports and information gathered by the
"US Govt" is not copyrighted but classed as public domain.
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