[OSGeo-UK] Resources for the less technical

[Denis Payne]

Tony

Don't forget that if local Archaeological Societies have the support of 
their Parish Council, then the Parish Council can let them have OS data 
via an End User Licence.

Not many will know or understand the issues, but it can be done - 
obviously also the same applies to Principal Councils ...

Denis




On 20/12/2011 19:36, Tony Brookes wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Can I make a me too pleading for members of Archaeological societies 
> who may have a significant interest in parish history?
>
> Sorry if I'm widening the discussion too widely, but I have long 
> wanted to use the Edina resources with QGis for local history research.
>
> I know licensing can be a nightmare which is why I've not followed it 
> up before. I won't be offended if "No" the answer...
>
> Tony
>
> *From:*uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Carol Blackwood
> *Sent:* 20 December 2011 09:41
> *To:* Jo Cook
> *Cc:* Denis Payne; uk at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-UK] Resources for the less technical
>
> Hi folks
>
> Re schools and gis - we've done a lot of research on the needs of 
> schools for the curriculum re GIS and mapping and have some good 
> contacts.  In addition to our Digimap for Schools service, we also 
> have a WMS of the Ordnance Survey data we use called MapStream.  This 
> is a paid for WMS and the intention is to promote it in schools to use 
> with open source GIS to help provide a low cost solution to schools 
> who want to start using desktop GIS (primarily) but still need the non 
> open OS data.  Part of the promotion would also be the inclusion of 
> open data services to add value and richness.
>
> It's early days for us on this, as we've had to focus our energies on 
> the Digimap for Schools service.  But we will be ramping up the effort 
> on MapStream in early 2012, so any support and advice from OS Geo UK 
> would be a big help.  Myself and Peter Wells have already had a couple 
> of chats round this, so have some ideas floating around on what we can 
> do to help support schools wanting to go down this route.....
>
> cheers
> Carol
>
> *Carol Blackwood*
> Geoservices Support
> EDINA National Data Centre
> Tel: +44 (0)131 650 3179
> http://edina.ac.uk
>
>
> On 20/12/2011 08:56, Jo Cook wrote:
>
> Hi Denis,
>
> I think the UK chapter could do something here. What we'd need is some 
> idea of the kind of things that Parishes etc need, so that we can try 
> and create (or gather) some content that is relevant. Would you be 
> prepared to jot down some ideas on the wiki pages at 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom about what parishes would 
> need (software, data, particular tasks)?
>
> The issue with schools is a bit more difficult as we need to know what 
> is in the curriculum, for the different key stages and so on. If 
> anyone knows some friendly teachers who would be prepared to help or 
> even just point us in the right direction, that would be a start!
>
> Jo
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Denis Payne <denis at dwpayne.net 
> <mailto:denis at dwpayne.net>> wrote:
>
> I'd add to that request for schools a similar one for Parish Councils. 
> They're now members of the PSMA, but that helps not one iota when the 
> technology is as techy as it is.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Denis
>
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> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] School resources
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> Hello,
>
> I had a query about the options for GI software for a secondary
> school. I know esri uk have set up a website to highlight their
> software. I wondered if there is anything simple that covers open
> source GIS?
>
> The no cost of software is obviously better than ESRI but both open
> source GIS and Open Street Map can come across as a bit techy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stu
>
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