... but their is a conflict, as OpenStreetMap is not as 'free' as some
people in the OSGeo community has indicated. (from my presentation to
the osgeo-bc chapter last summer).
But I agree, I can take a more professional approach, and write a
Paper about this.
It will be interesting to hear the
OSGeo and OpenStreetMap are not affliated with each other, it is as
simple as that. OSGeo has a Public Geospatial Data Committee [1] that
generally sits dormant, but it exists. That might be the place to
start if you wanted to work on collaboration. At this point, they are
very different
Sam, you start with discussing the types of people in the communities
(professional or hobby GIS interests) and then you bring licenses into it.
Yes you can probably draw differences, but I know there are plenty of
OpenStreetMap people who are GIS professionals, people who frequently wear
shirts
oops,
Point taken, understood.
I'll get back to my work now.
Feel free to remind me about this blunder if i do it again.
Regards,
Sam
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote:
Sam, you start with discussing the types of people in the communities
FYI,
Just an observation.
On the talk-ca mailing list, where i have attended and creating osm -
'mapping parties', i have noticed where the difference is from an
osgeo 'informal meeting'
The OSGeo Community (all things geo-related) is a much more
professional group. The group members tend to
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