The document just shows how out of touch and behind the times the politicians are. We're doing what they should have been doing decades ago. I think the present government is just trying to pride itself with what it thinks is a new idea and manipulating it for their own ends. see http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/ordnance-survey-maps-online http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jan/21/timbernerslee-government-data The fact that openstreetmap had started several years before these articles Tim berners-lee was the person of insight to the politicians to help start the Data.gov.uk free data movement which I think he has been doing since even before the Free Software movement was born many decades ago. I am really glad that openstreetmap is not political this document is a little creepy Cheers Bob --- On Sat, 5/3/11, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote:
From: Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OSM and "The Big Society" To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Date: Saturday, 5 March, 2011, 0:21 On 02/03/2011 21:43, Robert Scott wrote: > On Wednesday 02 March 2011, davespod wrote: >> The Cabinet Office's "Office for Civil Society" has just published a report >> citing "international examples of The Big Society". Case study number 1 is >> OpenStreetMap: >> >> http://www.arnaudriegert.com/wp-content/uploads/international-examples-big-society.pdf > I feel dirty. I know what you mean. I don't want to get party political, but Cameron & his cabinet's examples of "Big Society" have been substitution volunteering, where some who got paid previously, is now expected to do it for free; i.e. Librarians. I don't want to be associated with that. Dave F. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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