Re: [OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata
Well I have not seen an official announcement on this maybe i missed it. NGI aerial imagery is available as a backdrop on OSM, not sure about vector data though. Kudos to all involved. On 25 November 2011 12:27, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 25 November 2011 07:22, Stephan Knauss o...@stephans-server.de wrote: On 25.11.2011 01:29, maning sambale wrote: Sharing this news: http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/ sounds like another massive data import. Is the community involved? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_South_Africa Yes, some of us from the South African community have been involved. The announcement from afrispatial.co.za is badly timed and wasn't expected, we have our own announcement lined up. A formal agreement is in the final stages. We haven't yet fully considered exactly what bits of the data we'll use. We'll consider when ripe. A blanket import is out of the question. Regards Grant ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata
On 25 November 2011 07:22, Stephan Knauss o...@stephans-server.de wrote: On 25.11.2011 01:29, maning sambale wrote: Sharing this news: http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/ sounds like another massive data import. Is the community involved? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_South_Africa Yes, some of us from the South African community have been involved. The announcement from afrispatial.co.za is badly timed and wasn't expected, we have our own announcement lined up. A formal agreement is in the final stages. We haven't yet fully considered exactly what bits of the data we'll use. We'll consider when ripe. A blanket import is out of the question. Regards Grant ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata
Sharing this news: http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/ South Africa, NGI [1] is in the process of signing an agreement with OSM [2]. It is a modified version of NGI’s standard ‘Map Data Services Provider’ agreement whereby third parties can distribute NGI data. What this means is that OSM will incorporate all the most recent South African topographical vector data from NGI. NGI data have been free and open for several years but this will make them accessible as never before. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata
Hi, On 11/25/2011 01:29 AM, maning sambale wrote: Sharing this news: http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/ Must be a misunderstanding. OSM is not in the business of distributing other geodata than our own. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09 E008°23'33 ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata
Anyone can be an OSM contributor. Including South Africa's Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, if they so desire. Steve On 25/11/2011 00:41, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 11/25/2011 01:29 AM, maning sambale wrote: Sharing this news: http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/ Must be a misunderstanding. OSM is not in the business of distributing other geodata than our own. Bye Frederik ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata
On 25.11.2011 01:29, maning sambale wrote: Sharing this news: http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/ sounds like another massive data import. Is the community involved? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_South_Africa Stephan ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
