[OSGeo-Discuss] Data Hosting For OSM PD?

[Andrew Turner]

What about S3? Wouldn't be very expensive. TeleScience may be another option.

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> On Nov 7, 2008, at 1:11 PM, "Landon Blake" <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
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> I've been working with a few of the folks from the Open Street Map. We are a
> group within the OSM community that is very interested in setting up a
> repository or pool to host the map data we contribute in a separate space,
> before it is uploaded to OSM. We'd like to do this so we can collaborate on
> and release our data in the public domain. This avoids a lot of the
> licensing problems and challenges that OSM is currently struggling with.
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> We've got a tentative folder structure nailed down, at least for the time
> being.
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> I'd like to know if there would be any interest at the OSGeo in providing
> some web server space for our repository. We don't need anything fancy. No
> database, no scripting, no special software. We just need a place to put
> folders and files.
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> I'd be happy to discuss the proposed repository structure in more detail if
> the OSGeo was interested.
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> I can start the repository with some space on my own site, but I think I
> will quickly become overwhelmed by the data and bandwidth requirements. If
> the OSGeo isn't interested our group can look into getting support from a
> University or other organization.
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> At any rate, I thought this might be a good opportunity for the OSGeo to get
> involved in the free data side of the FOSS GIS equation.
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> Landon
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