<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><div></div><div>We obviously get access to the raw vector data...perhaps we can make an arrangement. Send me a private email and I will see what we can get approval for.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div></div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Grant Slater <openstreetmap@firefishy.com> <br>Date: 02/10/2013 16:43 (GMT+02:00) <br>To: Africa local chapter discussions <africa@lists.osgeo.org> <br>Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] South Africa Cadastral Data <br> <br><br>Hi Walter,<br><br>On 2 October 2013 13:22, Walter Smit <walter.s@sa-solutions.co.za> wrote:<br>> Hi Grant<br>><br>> I can only speak for the Northern Cape and Freestate provinces - where the<br>> SG makes all their data freely available on the web. And you can already<br>> overlay it over several sources of aerial imagery (NGI, Google, Bing, topo<br>> maps). Loosely based on Openlayers. The SG data displayed there are<br>> automatically linked to the SG office internal system - updates run every 2<br>> weeks.<br>><br>> You can register and access it here:<br>><br>> http://spisys.gov.za/ - click on the Public View link.<br>><br><br>Impressive site. Pleased to see OpenStreetMap (I am part of the OSM<br>sysadmin team*) and my CD:NGI aerial imagery site listed as layers.<br><br>*: We are all volunteers.<br><br>> We could share the vector layers with you via WMS -if we get approval from<br>> Dept Rural Development (under which CD:NGI and SPLUMB fall).<br>><br><br>WMS wouldn't be sufficient. I want to get access to the<br>unprocessed/un-rendered lines + polygon data. I have a few ideas for<br>analysis.<br>OpenStreetMap already has a basic data sharing agreement with CD:NGI<br>via Dept Rural Development.<br>I wonder how Google got the data.<br><br>Regards<br> Grant<br>_______________________________________________<br>Africa mailing list<br>Africa@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa<br></body>