Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] parcel data in US

[Codrina Maria Ilie]

Hi Jachym,

The first place I would look for USA parcel data is data.gov. The portal 
could be considered as an official gov aggregator of data. Therefore, if 
a gov agency has it then there you should find it (open or just 
reference to it).


Open Knowledge[1] is conducting a worldwide open data census[2]. This 
year, they introduced land ownership info. I am copy-pasting here what 
has been submitted by volunteers on US, related to the subject:


"It does not seem that federal / national government has a database... 
The Bureau of Land Management has a pretty antiquated website[3] that 
does not have a great cadastre survey page. There is a company[4] that 
sells parcel-level data, and a client they note is the government. The 
state of Montana has a pretty good cadastre map[5] and Oregon[6] 
something similar but I don’t think there is a national map that has all 
the aggregated cadastre maps."


[1]: [https://okfn.org/]
[2]: [http://global.census.okfn.org/]
[3]: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/cadastralsurvey.html
[4]: http://www.corelogic.com/products/parcelpoint.aspx
[5]: http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral/
[6]: http://www.ormap.net/flexviewer/index.html

I would mention that the submitted info has not yet been reviewed.


Best regards,
Codrina


On 15/10/15 11:09, Jachym Cepicky wrote:

Hi,

(sorry for cross posted and slightly off-topic mail)

for business purpose, I was asked to find out, where we could get some
parcel data in USA - not necessary for free (assumed, we would like to
start our business with the data, reasonable prise is expected).

Could anybody point me to agency/private business company, who is
providing such kind of data? Where would you say is the best starting point?

Thanks for hints

Jachym



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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: EARSC competition: European EO Product of the year

[Ann Hitchcock]

*** sorry for any crosspostings ***


Dear All,

The EARSC competition "European EO product of the year" will encourage 
the use of open data from GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)


***

European Earth observation companies understand how important it is to 
be creative, innovative, and inventive in order to react to the rapid 
evolution in the sector. The exponential increase in data available from 
all sources promises radical change and the EARSC industry competition 
will recognize this. For the first year, under the umbrella of the 
ConnectinGEO project, it will reward a company which has developed the 
most innovative product integrating an element of open data ideally 
discoverable through the GEOSS broker services.


Companies are invited to show their interest before 27th November 2015 
to secretar...@earsc.org. During the 1^st week of December a first WEBEX 
will be organized where companies may be briefed on which types of data 
are available through the GEOSS – GCI Factsheet (Recipe) and making use 
of the GEOSS Discover Access Broker (Search & Discovery API). Partners 
in the ConnectinGEO H2020 project will inform via WEBEX to potential 
entrants on the possibilities which are presented.


The competition will run over a 6 month period (December 2015-May 2016) 
during which time they may adapt an existing product, develop a new 
product or simply promote one they have already in their catalogue. 
Companies will be asked to provide a short summary of the results 
(Report should not exceed 2 pages) which will be used as statement for


the jury.

This year's award will be announced during the EARSC annual cocktail 
where the winner of the EARSC "European Earth Observation company of the 
year" is also revealed.


*Criteria: eligibility requirements & metrics*

·Any commercial product integrating an element of open data resources 
(ideally data discoverable by GEOSS Discover Access Broker).


·Note: Copernicus data is eligible.

·Report on the findings (not exceed 2 pages)

oExplain what type of innovation product the company offers using open 
data and the degree to which the product depends on the open data


oDescribe the challenge: What problem this product will solve/what 
solution will this provide? Companies should explain the circumstances 
surrounding the development of this new product


oExpected impact and clients to address

*Timing*

·Interest: 27th November 2015

·1st WEBEX: 1st week December 2015

·Intermediate WEBEX: guiding the companies in February 2016

·Dead-line entries: 15th May 2016

·Selection: the files will be judged by the jury to select the overall 
product winner (Period May15th-May 31st)


·Announcement: EARSC cocktail late June 2016 in Brussels


"EARSC is a non-profit-making organisation created in 1989 with the
mission to foster the development of European Geo-Information Service
Industry. Their main objective is to stimulate a sustainable market for
geo-information services using EO data."

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[OSGeo-Discuss] parcel data in US

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi,

(sorry for cross posted and slightly off-topic mail)

for business purpose, I was asked to find out, where we could get some
parcel data in USA - not necessary for free (assumed, we would like to
start our business with the data, reasonable prise is expected).

Could anybody point me to agency/private business company, who is providing
such kind of data? Where would you say is the best starting point?

Thanks for hints

Jachym
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] parcel data in US

[Emma Strong]

Oh my, that is quite an undertaking!!  Just in my little corner of the
States (south Mississippi) you're lucky if the county has parcels (or GIS
even), and then you're lucky if they will share it with you!  Many counties
in the area contract their parcel spatial management out to private
companies, and then they have to buy it back from them.

 Most of the counties in my state have at least CAD parcels, but then they
pay a third party contractor to convert that into a GIS file.  The US
Census has the best street and address data of the country, but they share
very little because of privacy laws.  Hopefully other states have better
data (and data management), but the only way I know to access parcels in
Mississippi is county by county (which unfortunately I have to do for my
job for 15 counties).

I know there are several counties in the country that have adopted a form
of Open Data standards, but still, it's county by county.  It may be easier
to narrow down your search area, especially if you need the most recent
public data.  Good luck!!

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Codrina Maria Ilie  wrote:

> Hi Jachym,
>
> The first place I would look for USA parcel data is data.gov. The portal
> could be considered as an official gov aggregator of data. Therefore, if a
> gov agency has it then there you should find it (open or just reference to
> it).
>
> Open Knowledge[1] is conducting a worldwide open data census[2]. This
> year, they introduced land ownership info. I am copy-pasting here what has
> been submitted by volunteers on US, related to the subject:
>
> "It does not seem that federal / national government has a database... The
> Bureau of Land Management has a pretty antiquated website[3] that does not
> have a great cadastre survey page. There is a company[4] that sells
> parcel-level data, and a client they note is the government. The state of
> Montana has a pretty good cadastre map[5] and Oregon[6] something similar
> but I don’t think there is a national map that has all the aggregated
> cadastre maps."
>
> [1]: [https://okfn.org/]
> [2]: [http://global.census.okfn.org/]
> [3]: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/cadastralsurvey.html
> [4]: http://www.corelogic.com/products/parcelpoint.aspx
> [5]: http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral/
> [6]: http://www.ormap.net/flexviewer/index.html
>
> I would mention that the submitted info has not yet been reviewed.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Codrina
>
>
>
> On 15/10/15 11:09, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> (sorry for cross posted and slightly off-topic mail)
>>
>> for business purpose, I was asked to find out, where we could get some
>> parcel data in USA - not necessary for free (assumed, we would like to
>> start our business with the data, reasonable prise is expected).
>>
>> Could anybody point me to agency/private business company, who is
>> providing such kind of data? Where would you say is the best starting
>> point?
>>
>> Thanks for hints
>>
>> Jachym
>>
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 2015/10/16 2:14, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:

My 0.01 cent,
actually I don't think we have obtained permission to use it... as nobody
own it.
Looking at it the other way I think it could be said that the community 
owns it.


my 0.01 yen

...OSGeo is the expression of FOSS4G, like the PSC of a project is the
expression of the project community...
Exactly like QGIS look for creating a legal body foss4g did it in the past
with OSGeo, a federation foundation for all FOSS4G communities.

Maxi

2015-10-15 18:39 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett :


The foss4g brand has world wide recognition and is being used as great
outreach tool for several organizations (often based on the region). As an
organization we do not own the brand, and have obtained permission to use
it (as the polite thing to do).

One thing that is interesting is watching what the regional events put on
by local chapters are called. You can kind of see the effect of the brand
by which regions choose to mark their event "foss4g". I have personally set
up a "foss4g-au" event for example which was great fun for all involved.

Cheers,
Jody

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On 6 October 2015 at 08:12, Barry Rowlingson 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Ravi Kumar]

FOSS4G is the accepted brand in India for OSGeo India events. +1 to it's
usage world wide.
Ravi Kumar

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:09 PM, Jody Garnett 
wrote:

> The foss4g brand has world wide recognition and is being used as great
> outreach tool for several organizations (often based on the region). As an
> organization we do not own the brand, and have obtained permission to use
> it (as the polite thing to do).
>
> One thing that is interesting is watching what the regional events put on
> by local chapters are called. You can kind of see the effect of the brand
> by which regions choose to mark their event "foss4g". I have personally set
> up a "foss4g-au" event for example which was great fun for all involved.
>
> Cheers,
> Jody
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 6 October 2015 at 08:12, Barry Rowlingson  > wrote:
>
>> Okay, this is probably sticking a match under a pile of dry wood but
>> here goes...
>>
>> Can we rename The FOSS4G Conference to The OSGeo Conference?
>>
>> Cons:
>>
>>  1. FOSS4G is an established brand
>>
>>  2. FOSS4G sidesteps the "Free" vs "Open Source" argument by including
>> both.
>>
>> Counters to those:
>>
>>  1. Really? Perhaps amongst OSGeo people, but outside our sphere I
>> have to expand the acronym and then go on to mention OSGeo.
>>
>>  2. Let's have that argument somewhere else, okay?
>>
>> Pros:
>>
>>  1. Puts the *Geo* visible, not tucked away as a G at the end.
>>
>>  2. Gets rid of the "4G", which may have been a cool thing 2 do ten
>> years ago, but not now :)
>>
>>  3. Removes any confusion with 4G telecoms networks.
>>
>>  4. Clearly brands the conference as an OSGeo conference. Recent
>> discussion about the prominence and significance of OSGeo to FOSS4G
>> becomes moot.
>>
>>  5. Is easy to explain. The OSGeo Conference is the open source
>> geospatial conference. See the OSGeo web site. Search for OSGeo. One
>> acronym to remember.
>>
>> [I toyed with the idea that the conference should be called "OSGeo
>> Live!" and renaming the OSGeo Live operating system disc as "OSGeoOS"
>> but that might be a bit too much :)]
>>
>> So, this is the discuss list, discuss.
>>
>> Barry
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Jody Garnett]

The foss4g brand has world wide recognition and is being used as great
outreach tool for several organizations (often based on the region). As an
organization we do not own the brand, and have obtained permission to use
it (as the polite thing to do).

One thing that is interesting is watching what the regional events put on
by local chapters are called. You can kind of see the effect of the brand
by which regions choose to mark their event "foss4g". I have personally set
up a "foss4g-au" event for example which was great fun for all involved.

Cheers,
Jody

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On 6 October 2015 at 08:12, Barry Rowlingson 
wrote:

> Okay, this is probably sticking a match under a pile of dry wood but
> here goes...
>
> Can we rename The FOSS4G Conference to The OSGeo Conference?
>
> Cons:
>
>  1. FOSS4G is an established brand
>
>  2. FOSS4G sidesteps the "Free" vs "Open Source" argument by including
> both.
>
> Counters to those:
>
>  1. Really? Perhaps amongst OSGeo people, but outside our sphere I
> have to expand the acronym and then go on to mention OSGeo.
>
>  2. Let's have that argument somewhere else, okay?
>
> Pros:
>
>  1. Puts the *Geo* visible, not tucked away as a G at the end.
>
>  2. Gets rid of the "4G", which may have been a cool thing 2 do ten
> years ago, but not now :)
>
>  3. Removes any confusion with 4G telecoms networks.
>
>  4. Clearly brands the conference as an OSGeo conference. Recent
> discussion about the prominence and significance of OSGeo to FOSS4G
> becomes moot.
>
>  5. Is easy to explain. The OSGeo Conference is the open source
> geospatial conference. See the OSGeo web site. Search for OSGeo. One
> acronym to remember.
>
> [I toyed with the idea that the conference should be called "OSGeo
> Live!" and renaming the OSGeo Live operating system disc as "OSGeoOS"
> but that might be a bit too much :)]
>
> So, this is the discuss list, discuss.
>
> Barry
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Massimiliano Cannata]

My 0.01 cent,
actually I don't think we have obtained permission to use it... as nobody
own it.
...OSGeo is the expression of FOSS4G, like the PSC of a project is the
expression of the project community...
Exactly like QGIS look for creating a legal body foss4g did it in the past
with OSGeo, a federation foundation for all FOSS4G communities.

Maxi

2015-10-15 18:39 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett :

> The foss4g brand has world wide recognition and is being used as great
> outreach tool for several organizations (often based on the region). As an
> organization we do not own the brand, and have obtained permission to use
> it (as the polite thing to do).
>
> One thing that is interesting is watching what the regional events put on
> by local chapters are called. You can kind of see the effect of the brand
> by which regions choose to mark their event "foss4g". I have personally set
> up a "foss4g-au" event for example which was great fun for all involved.
>
> Cheers,
> Jody
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 6 October 2015 at 08:12, Barry Rowlingson  > wrote:
>
>> Okay, this is probably sticking a match under a pile of dry wood but
>> here goes...
>>
>> Can we rename The FOSS4G Conference to The OSGeo Conference?
>>
>> Cons:
>>
>>  1. FOSS4G is an established brand
>>
>>  2. FOSS4G sidesteps the "Free" vs "Open Source" argument by including
>> both.
>>
>> Counters to those:
>>
>>  1. Really? Perhaps amongst OSGeo people, but outside our sphere I
>> have to expand the acronym and then go on to mention OSGeo.
>>
>>  2. Let's have that argument somewhere else, okay?
>>
>> Pros:
>>
>>  1. Puts the *Geo* visible, not tucked away as a G at the end.
>>
>>  2. Gets rid of the "4G", which may have been a cool thing 2 do ten
>> years ago, but not now :)
>>
>>  3. Removes any confusion with 4G telecoms networks.
>>
>>  4. Clearly brands the conference as an OSGeo conference. Recent
>> discussion about the prominence and significance of OSGeo to FOSS4G
>> becomes moot.
>>
>>  5. Is easy to explain. The OSGeo Conference is the open source
>> geospatial conference. See the OSGeo web site. Search for OSGeo. One
>> acronym to remember.
>>
>> [I toyed with the idea that the conference should be called "OSGeo
>> Live!" and renaming the OSGeo Live operating system disc as "OSGeoOS"
>> but that might be a bit too much :)]
>>
>> So, this is the discuss list, discuss.
>>
>> Barry
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

[Jeff McKenna]

On 2015-10-15 2:16 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:



I could not find the link? Perhaps it is just in your region, or the
page has now been removed?

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

[Jody Garnett]

> If you ask google, it gives big visibility to AutoDesk as a sponsor:
> https://www.google.it/search?q=osgeo+sponsors
> Taking you to a page (hosted by osgeo) with many links back to proprietary
> software solutions (all links seem broken right now).
>

I could not find the link? Perhaps it is just in your region, or the page
has now been removed?
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo sponsors ?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

[image: Immagine incorporata 1]

2015-10-15 18:44 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett :

>
> If you ask google, it gives big visibility to AutoDesk as a sponsor:
>> https://www.google.it/search?q=osgeo+sponsors
>> Taking you to a page (hosted by osgeo) with many links back to proprietary
>> software solutions (all links seem broken right now).
>>
>
> I could not find the link? Perhaps it is just in your region, or the page
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Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] parcel data in US

[Newcomb, Doug]

Jachym,
The State of North Carolina has parcel data statewide at NCOnemap,
http://data.nconemap.gov/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page .  Search for
parcels.

Doug

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wrote:

> Hi,
>
> (sorry for cross posted and slightly off-topic mail)
>
> for business purpose, I was asked to find out, where we could get some
> parcel data in USA - not necessary for free (assumed, we would like to
> start our business with the data, reasonable prise is expected).
>
> Could anybody point me to agency/private business company, who is
> providing such kind of data? Where would you say is the best starting point?
>
> Thanks for hints
>
> Jachym
>
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