[OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation for expressions of interest for Ordnance Survey Think Tank Session on "Crowd source data capture, geospatial mashups and its impact on NMAs" - 13th July 2009 (Tuesday) at University of Nottingham

[Chris Puttick]

Surely more than one person in such a debate should be working from the basis that charging for geo-spatial data gathered by a publicly funded body is missing the point and limiting the opportunity for that data to be exploited in a way that maximises value for the wider society?

Just a thought :)

Chris

"Free our maps, free our maps..."


----- "Suchith Anand" <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> The Ordnance Survey has awarded a research contract to the Centre of
> Geospatial Science (CGS) to investigate future data and data
> management
> developments that might impact on Ordnance Survey's operations and
> services.
> 
> Please see http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/projects_os.html    for
> more
> details. 
> 
> In part fulfilment of this contract we are organising a series of
> Think
> Tank events to explore relevant technology developments and to better
> understand how these developments might influence and impact on
> spatial
> data capture and usage in the future.
> 
> The second of Think Tank events is to be held on 13th July 2009
> (Tuesday) at University of Nottingham and will cover the topic of
> "Crowd
> sourced data capture, geospatial mashups and its impact on NMAs"  
> 
> The Think Tank Meeting will a one-day event with 12 experts drawn from
> a
> mix of academic, commercial and industry backgrounds. Selected
> participants may be invited to give brief presentations but in each
> case
> significant time will be allocated for discussion and open
> exploration
> of likely developments and potential consequences.  The participants
> will be divided into four teams (each with 3 members) and will work on
> a
> given challenge. The meeting will operate according to Chatham House
> rules.
> 
> Interested participants are invited to submit short position paper
> (max
> 2 A4 pages) detailing their potential think tank contribution,
> expectations, vision and research interest, before 30 May 2009 to
> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  
> 
> Travel and accommodation costs of all the selected participants will
> be
> reimbursed. Selection of invited experts will be made by the Ordnance
> Survey.
> 
> Think Tank Outcomes
> 
> *	Identify key research trends and developments in this theme
> *	Identify mid-term (2-5 years) and long-term (6-10 years)
> research challenges in this theme
> *	Produce report on the Think Tank findings.
> 
> Please contact me for any information required.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith Anand
> 
> Dr Suchith Anand
> Centre for Geospatial Science
> Sir Clive Granger Building
> University of Nottingham
> Tel: (0)115 846 8408
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html 
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> http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ 
> 
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