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| Subject: | Re: GISList: Interior e-gov tack irks GIS vendors (Geospatial One-Stop
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| Date: |
04/18/2003 02:45:01 PM |
| From: |
Paul Ramsey |
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Dimitri Rotow wrote:
> Let's try a thought experiment: suppose agencies really wanted to share
> data - why not use SDTS and simply put everything up for free download via
> FTP?
Dmitri is right, the problem of GIS data sharing has alot more to do
with organizational intent than with technology. In many ways, OpenGIS
technology could make the problem worse, by convincing organizations
that they can have their cake and eat it too: provide access to data via
OGC interfaces without losing "control" over their oh-so-precious data.
The experience here in BC has certainly been instructive. On the one
hand, a government employee created a heirarchical FTP site and placed
as much licence-free BC data into has he could find, all in the same
format and projection (unfortunately the format was E00, but c'est la
vie). On the other hand an agency build a massive web portal for
ordering data (including the free stuff, which can be had for free from
the web site if you have the patience) for several million dollars.
I've used the portal zero times and the FTP site hundreds of time.
However, that was the *last* ten years. The *next* ten years could be
vastly different, since theoretically the location of data will become
irrelevant as long as you can programatically discover and use it via
standard interfaces. Theoretically. :)
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| Paul Ramsey
| Refractions Research
| Email: pramsey@refractions.net
| Phone: (250) 885-0632
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