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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] INSPIRE on http://www.publicgeodata.org/ |
| Date: |
02/27/2006 12:00:04 PM |
| From: |
DickBoyd .. aol.com |
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For Dick Boyd's reply, scroll down.
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In a message dated 2/27/2006 1:28:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, =
marcello.sano@alumnos.unican.es writes:
On 23 January 2006, the Council of European Union has formally adopted a =
common position on the Inspire Directive, which stipulates that =
Geographic Data collected by National Mapping Agencies all over Europe =
should be owned by such agencies and not by the Public. While a lot of =
datasets are available in the United States under a public domain =
licence, little geographic data is available under open access terms in =
Europe but is instead made available at monopoly prices by national =
mapping agencies. Restricted access to geographic data for the public =
and businesses due to high costs and narrow licenses means fewer =
services and fewer jobs in Europe.
http://www.publicgeodata.org/
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Marcello San=F2
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Perhaps the compromise is to establish access to datasets as enterprise =
activities with a fee for service to cover storage and distribution costs. =
Collection and edit costs to be paid by government or business as part of =
their =
assigned duties. Road survey, public works, school districts, power =
distribution, etc.
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Larger users, title companies, engineering firms, etc. would have chargeab=
le =
accounts. Small users would be allowed limited access. Three or four theme=
s =
over ten square miles. These datasets would supplement Google Earth, Delor=
me, =
Streets and Trips. =
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The importance of OMB Circular A-16 to avoid duplication of collection and =
storage costs would be more apparent. Return on investment in data collecti=
on =
could be established by the activity controlling the dataset or by the =
political entity sponsoring the effort.
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The payments could be "in-kind". For instance, delivery companies could =
provide origin/destination studies that could be used by transportation pl=
anners. =
Insurance companies, fire departments, ambulance services could establish =
response times instead of mileage for emergency vehicles.
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