Re: [Talk-us] H. R. 1604 bill looking to force US government to contract out much of its mapping activity

On 5/9/2013 9:26 AM, Sean Bartell wrote: Works by federal government employees are public domain, but works by contractors are not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government Sean Bartell For the kinds of data we're talking about, practically all data develop

Re: [Talk-us] H. R. 1604 bill looking to force US government to contract out much of its mapping activity

Hello, Mike N on 2013-05-09: > On 5/8/2013 10:38 PM, Alex Barth wrote: > >OSM data and the OSM software ecosystem can play a huge role in this > >context. Open source and open data has proven its worth in tearing down > >institutional boundaries and making teams cooperate more efficiently > >many

Re: [Talk-us] H. R. 1604 bill looking to force US government to contract out much of its mapping activity

>   Good article - are there any rules that the result of US Government  projects be public  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105 Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us_

Re: [Talk-us] H. R. 1604 bill looking to force US government to contract out much of its mapping activity

On 5/8/2013 10:38 PM, Alex Barth wrote: OSM data and the OSM software ecosystem can play a huge role in this context. Open source and open data has proven its worth in tearing down institutional boundaries and making teams cooperate more efficiently many times over. That's the reason why we at t

[Talk-us] H. R. 1604 bill looking to force US government to contract out much of its mapping activity

Great read by Brian Timoney on MAPPS' proposed H.R. 1604 bill looking to force USG to contract out much of its current mapping activity. He questions whether the same contractors that made mapping into what it is today in the USG are the ones who can be trusted to come up with a solution to well kn