[OSGeo-Edu] open <geospatial> data access

[P Kishor]

Dear all,

In a workshop I will be attending in Brazil in a few weeks time, I
have been asked to propose a "cooperative activity" that would improve
access to digital scientific data, particularly in Latin America.
Well, I turn to your collective and collaborative brainpower to come
up with ideas for such an activity as it concerns digital "geospatial"
data.

My immediate thought is to work on developing a licensing/contracting
framework that might be suitable for the Latin American context. But,
perhaps that is too messy and complicated. The next thought is for
setting up a digital spatial warehouse of some sort -- more do-able,
no?

I particularly welcome ideas from OSGeo/list members who are from
Latin America. So, thinking solely of advancing the cause of open
access to digital geospatial information --

What would such an activity be?
Who could be involved in it?
What would be the main steps to initiating and running it?
How long could this take?
What would be the recognizable milestones?

Many thanks,

-- 
Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/
Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/
Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/
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