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[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 01:58:19PM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:41:51AM +0100, Roger Bivand wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Alexander Nervedi wrote:
> ...
> > It would be really nice if there was a repository of these kinds of data, 
> > especially if they were not limited in use, but there is a long way to go 
> > before everywhere else catches up with the US.
> 
> The OSGeo Foundation will try to work on this:
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project
> 
> We are currently forming this project into a committee
> of the foundation. Feel free to join us, and/or contribute
> your suggestions.


Meanwhile the Foundation committee on Public Geospatial Data
is established:

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

There is also a dedicated mailing list and an IRC meeting
in #osgeo on freenode tomorrow (see there for details).

You are welcome to join,

 Markus
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