[Foss4g2010] Re: [Workshops] defining a local dataset

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Raf, thanks a lot for your proposal.
I'm not the person to select the layers for the conference but I can add
that Meteo.cat can be interested too in offering their data for the
conference.

Lorenzo

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Rafael,
>
> I'm from the OSGeo Live DVD project, and was also chair of foss4g 2009. At
> foss4g 2009 we handed out the OSGeo Live DVD to all delegates. By 2010, it
> will contain ~ 40 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source applications installed,
> configured and ready to be trialled by users.
>
> What we would like to do for 2010 is set up a set of world datasets which
> all projects can use for their applications. We expect we will use
> http://www.naturalearthdata.com/
>
> It would be great if you could help pull these datasets together onto the
> DVD, and we can help in asking projects to set up their applications to work
> with the dataset.
>
> Are you interested?
>
> Raf Roset wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My name is Rafael Roset, from Barcelona, working in the mapping business
>> for a few years now and somehow involved in volunteering for the foss4g 2010
>> conference with a single idea in mind: setting up a local datatset to be
>> used during the conference (yes, I know I'm a bit late but I think it can be
>> done).
>>
>> Prior to gathering the data I'd like to know, from the organizers but also
>> from anyone needing samples, what kind of data will be needed in terms of
>> extension (spatial coverage of the dataset), scale (tied to the extension,
>> the bigger the extension the smaller the scale), layers (topo, ortho, dtm,
>> toponymy, etc), format (shape for vector and geotiff for raster would be
>> suitable ?), metadata and any other details that could help me define the
>> dataset.
>> Once every aspect of the dataset defined, I'll contact the mapping
>> agencies in Catalunya (in fact I work for one of them) and try to assemble
>> everything so that it could be freely used by the community.
>>
>> Any and all suggestions are welcome,
>>
>> PS: sorry for crossposting, don't really know where this belongs to.
>>
>> Rafael Roset
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