[postgis-users] Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial Data

[strk]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:15:21PM -0500, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/digital.htm
> http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/stratmap/index.htm
> 
> The State of Texas already does this!

Very nice, altought I haven't found a clear notice
about what can you do with the data (licensing terms).

Anyway, AFAIK, data for most of US are freely available,
a bigger problem is in Europe. Please feel free to support
the manifesto even if you don't personally feel the
aforementioned frustration ;)

--strk;

> 
> david techer wrote:
> >done!
> >
> >strk wrote:
> >
> >>Dear PostGIS users,
> >>
> >>If you ever felt the frustration of not finding enough
> >>Geospatial data to store into your preferred DBMS extension,
> >>please take a moment to read (and eventually signup) the
> >>"Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial Data Manifesto"
> >>avilable here:
> >>
> >>    http://www.okfn.org/geo/manifesto.php
> >>
> >>If you agree with the statements therein contained and want
> >>to help out, consider translating the manifesto to other
> >>languages (send translation to me in case you do).
> >>
> >>Thanks for your attention!
> >>
> >>--strk;
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