[postgis-users] Base map project?

[Paul Ramsey]

The OSGeo free data committee is working along these sorts of lines,  
at least at a data level, if not a technology level.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Geodata_Repository

On 12-Feb-07, at 3:57 PM, Webb Sprague wrote:

> Is there a project anywhere to provide good, curated, downloadable
> geographic base data and metadata for postgis databases?   (I don't
> mean a list of links, like the Oregon GIS clearinghouse -- this is
> useful, but not as powerful or centralized as I am thinking).
>
> It might be really cool to (1) come up with a standardized approach
> and (2) make the data available and discoverable through Postgres'
> dblink (possibly using Slony for scalability). It would be great, for
> example, to be able to reference a TIGER dataset in this way, and only
> manage my own smaller layers in house.
>
> I am kind of volunteering to help with this, but I don't think I  
> can lead it.
>
> There would obviously be problems as the protocol or the data changed,
> especially if someone uses a dblink'ed view and suddenly the data
> underneath changes.  This would just be something to adress...
>
> Thoughts from anyone?  I guess we would need to write a protocol, keep
> it updated, and then deal with the data.
>
> Cheers, and thanks for indulging my rambling.
> W
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