[OSGeo-Edu] Survey of interest to this group?

Thu Apr 2 08:35:51 EDT 2009

Higher and Further Education in the UK already has arrangements for 
access to a significant quantity of mapping and spatial data from 
Ordnance Survey via the Digimap service. EDINA are conducting a survey 
(endorsed by AGILE) in order to understand more about current academic 
access to maps and data from national mapping agencies in other European 
countries (e.g. IGN in France, BKG in Germany).

While we are happy for UK map and spatial data users to complete the 
survey, we are distributing this message in the hope that others will 
pass this link on to friends and colleagues within Higher or Further 
Education elsewhere in Europe: http://tinyurl.com/NMCAUserSurvey   We 
would like to know how colleagues across Europe either do or don't gain 
access to national mapping agency data. Please read on for more details.

*** AGILE Initiative - Higher Education Geospatial Data Access Survey ***

Are you are a teacher, lecturer or researcher at a Higher Education 
Institute in Europe?
Do you use geospatial data (maps, air photography, satellite imagery, etc)?

If the answer to both these questions is YES then we would like to 
invite you to complete our survey.

(If you want to complete the survey without finding out more, you can 
find the survey at http://tinyurl.com/NMCAUserSurvey, otherwise read on. 
The survey will run from 30th March to 21st April 2009. )

What is the purpose of this survey?
The purpose of this survey is to find out how easy it is for you, as a 
teacher or researcher, to gain access to the geospatial data sets held 
by the National Mapping and Cadastral Agency or Agencies in your country.

Europe's Network of National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) hold 
and maintain the majority of Europe's 'core' geospatial information 
including:

. topographic data;
. cadastral information;
. aerial photography; and
. land use information and historical map data.

We believe that Higher Education in Europe should be an important market 
for the NMCAs, as there are around 4,000 Higher Education institutions, 
with over 17 million students and 1.5 million staff.

With your help, we hope to find out how easy it is to access these data. 
We will use this information to encourage more NMCAs to make their data 
available to teachers and researchers in Higher Education across Europe. 
Our goal is to help you gain access to the quality geospatial data that 
you need.

Who is carrying out the survey?
Our research team is part of the EDINA National Data Centre, based in 
the University of Edinburgh, UK (http://edina.ac.uk 
<http://edina.ac.uk/>). The survey has been endorsed by the Association 
of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) ( 
http://www.agile-online.org/) and EuroGeographics ( 
http://www.eurogeographics.org/), which represents 52 National Mapping 
and Cadastral Agencies from 43 countries across Europe.

When will the survey finish?
The survey will be open for you to complete until Tuesday 21st April 2009.

During this time we would like your help to get as many teachers and 
researchers as possible to complete the survey. So, once you have 
completed the survey, please pass on the email and web link to this survey.

How do I complete the survey?
The survey can be found at http://tinyurl.com/NMCAUserSurvey

Who should I contact for more information?
If you have any questions please contact: Dr David Medyckyj-Scott, by 
email at edina.surveys at ed.ac.uk

Thank you for your help and, remember, please pass this email on...

Sent on behalf of Dr David Medyckyj-Scott

EDINA
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Edinburgh
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> From: Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Edu] Reminder - any comments/reactions to my OSGeo edu
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> Hi all,
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> If you have any comments/reactions to the report I emailed yesterday 
> please send me them so I can incorporate them and get the report 
> finalized and sent to Tyler Mitchell. I'm most interested in reactions 
> to the list/goals at the end of the report for 2009.
>
> Thank you!
> Charlie Schweik
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> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:16:06 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Reminder - any comments/reactions to my OSGeo
> 	edu 	2008 annual report appreciated
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> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Charlie Schweik
> <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If you have any comments/reactions to the report I emailed yesterday please
>> send me them so I can incorporate them and get the report finalized and sent
>> to Tyler Mitchell. I'm most interested in reactions to the list/goals at the
>> end of the report for 2009.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Charlie Schweik
>>     
>
>
> Very nicely reported Charlie. My commendations. I particularly support
> the idea of highlighting success stories. Many thanks for your
> leadership in this important area. It is hard to keep continued focus,
> particularly with a distributed, and probably, over-committed,
> community. You have been doing it very well.
>
>
>   
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