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| Subject: | GISList: Re: GIS P2P * Market Research Question * |
| Date: |
01/23/2003 05:18:35 PM |
| From: |
Mick Wilson |
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A group of us in the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are reviewing options
for developing a p2p geo-refereneced data publication mechanism.
The target is not so much the 'serious GIS practitioner' but rather the
field researcher who may have a limited number of tabular datasets, with
some form of spatial referencing, that they're willing and able to publish
in a manner that makes them accessible for rendering as maps, charts etc
via OGC-type interfaces. Essentially, data discovery - 'I have some such
data'. Embelishments could incorporate allowing downloads of the data, or
choosing to upload to central repositories should the custodians see the
benefit of additional relaibility or availability. This obviously is not a
commercial model, but a public good scenario.
Our envisaged application include on-the-fly consolidation of data on e.g.
marine mammals being gathered by scattered and disparate researchers often
at the the thin end on internet connectivity.
The requirement for high-quality metadata need not be re-iterated here.
However, our potential contributors are those who probably have never heard
of OGC, ISO/TC-211 or even GIS!
Best regards to all.
Mick Wilson, Chief of Science Data and Technical Information Systems
Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)
United Nations Environment Programme
PO Box 30552 - Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 2 623436
Fax: +254 2 624315
Email: mick.wilson@unep.org
Web www.unep.net, www.unep.org
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