[Gfoss] Re: [Freegis-list] Open Access to State-collected Geospatial Data

I've written an Italian translation of the manifesto.

I post it here in case other Italian people can review
it before putting it online. In particular italian-specific
informations about geodata economy or free license use
examples would be nice to have.

Thank you.

--strk;

On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 08:46:29AM -0700, Jo Walsh wrote:

Very few world citizens enjoy open access to the information that
describes their surroundings; particularly the geospatial data
collected and brokered by their National Mapping Agencies, an
essential framework for understanding civic information of all kinds.

http://okfn.org/geo/manifesto.php is a set of statements about Open
Access to State-collected Geospatial Data.

* All government-collected geodata should be open,
  that is, available for free distribution
  and re-use under a ShareAlike license.

* Online mapping projects creating freely reusable geodata
  should offer a compatible open license.

* Common, standard formats for describing and exchanging data
  should be adopted.

* Ultimately, all state-collected information
  should be freely available,
  in a structured machine-readable format.

An open data policy has economic benefits in terms of reduced cost and
increased innovation; it facilitates e-government and citizen engagement.

Please read the manifesto and, if you agree with the statements it contains,
sign up to support it: http://okfn.org/geo/manifesto.php#signup

-jo

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