[FOSS4G2016] Key Topics: open data

[Steven Feldman]

Pretty much the same in the UK. OpenData is a good theme or topic for a FOSS4G, it can include OSM and other activity as well
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Steven


> On 28 Dec 2015, at 15:06, Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <gert-jan at osgeo.nl> wrote:
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> Hi LOClist,
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> In order to finalize our key topics (before 7th January!) list I'd like to know your opinion on "open data" as one of the key topics.
> My perspective is mainly dutch, and in Holland I notice a few things:
> 1) "open data" in mainly a "geospatial data" topic (by the way: same goed for "linked data")
> 2) "open data" is mainly regarded as data provided by governments
> 3) the "open data"-community and the FOSS4G communities have a very large overlap
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> I was wondering if the situation in others countries (especially the D-A-CH) in comparable to the Netherlands.
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> Regards,
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> GJ
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> till.adams at fossgis.de schreef op 18-12-2015 15:25:
>> Hi list!
>> I just finished the minutes for our yesrterday IRC chat here:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Meeting_minutes#Agenda
>> For those, who don't read the minutes, one important point here (;-)):
>> In order to get PR&M in motion we need contents, as we do not have
>> program contents until may, we need to fix keynoters and also
>> key-topics, which then should be stressed by a keynote as early as
>> possible. Until now, we made some efforts in this direction, but it
>> didn't work correctly.
>> Yesterday we decided the following:
>> 1. Key Topics must be fixed until 7th of January 2016
>> 2. Proposed topics up to now are:
>> -Remote Sensing/Copernikus
>> -Open Data
>> -Land Information
>> List is here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2016_Key_Topics
>> topics also discussed here: http://foss4g2016.org/redmine/issues/64  -
>> there are several more named key-topics, mostly derived from former
>> conferences like Development, Use, Big Data/Open Data, SDI, 3D/SfM,
>> Web, Standards, also we discussed about CMS.
>> I suggest also the following:
>> - at least we shouldn't have more than 4-5 key-topics. I think 4 is a
>> good number, remember, we time for around 6 keynotes in general.
>> - for every key topic, there is one LOC-person in power, that
>> "manages" this key topic. Means planning all activities like keynotes,
>> workshops, topic-talks and so on related to this key-topic.
>> - as I already started lots of effort in direction of remote
>> sensing/Copernikus I would take the hat for this key-topic.
>> Please comment on the latter!
>> Till
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