[OSGeodata] Access to non-OGC data?

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> All of the discussion around free data cataloguing/access is 
> very exciting.  
> 
> There are a considerable number of sources that are free, but 
> require navigating complex structures to find what you are 
> looking for.  Here are some examples:
> 
> Manitoba Land Initiative
> https://web2.gov.mb.ca/mli/about_us/index.html
> 
> BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources 
> http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/MapPlace/geoData.htm
> 
> BC Ministry of Environment FTP site
> ftp://ftp.env.gov.bc.ca/dist/
> 
> City of Kamloops Data Download:
> http://www.kamloops.ca/gis/index.shtml
> 
> Some of these have WMS-equivalents, but many do not.
> 
> Are you planning to support this kind of data and, where 
> license and technology permit, mirror it?
> 

I can't see why we wouldn't.  If we view everything (data/services/etc.)
as a resource, a resource shall have appropriate metadata, and the
metadata can/will point to the resource, whether it's static data, or an
interactive (or web) service.

Does this make sense, or am I off here?

..Tom