[FOSS4G2016] open data track / cross-over at FOSS4G?

[Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl]

Hi Bart and LOC,

 

I think that's an excellent theme (I guess you knew that already).

FOSS4G-EU (Como) had an open data track: (http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program, day 3, room v.08.)

 

At least in The Netherlands the "open data" and the "geo" ecosystems are closely related (not just from a FOSS4G perspective, also from our proprietary software colleagues, as well as from the geo-adminstrative organisations).

It open doors towards a few new eocsystems: app & web developers who are looking for open spatial data (demand) , data providers who want to know how to get their open data to the users (supply), administrations (who have to obey to European rules on open data) and other domains (e.q. statistical departments) for whom the open data development in the (open) spatial ecosystem can serve as a best practice.

 

And after all, the second of the 11 OSGeo goals is " To promote freely available geodata - free software is useless without data." 

 

 

Kind regards, 

 

GJ

 

 

 

 

Van: foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens Bart van den Eijnden
Verzonden: vrijdag 25 september 2015 19:52
Aan: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
Onderwerp: [FOSS4G2016] open data track / cross-over at FOSS4G?

 

Hello Bonn,

 

at my shared office space there is an open data expert (Frank Verschoor, he is part of http://thegreenland.eu) and we were discussing that it would be cool to have some cross-over between FOSS4G and open data.

 

It seems the open data conferences are less abundant than they used to be, i.e. they don’t get organised a lot anymore and hardly on the European / global level.

 

>From the stories I’ve heard, their conference culture seems very close to ours.

 

Is there any interest in pursuing this idea?

 

TIA for your thoughts.

 

Best regards,

Bart

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