Free our Data blog - Talk's of Free Canadian Maps

[Tracey P. Lauriault-2]

Absolutely anyone can play and profit: Canada makes mapping data free
for any use
http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=118

The article does a good review.  It is important for all to know that
this is just one data set - the topo maps that are out of date and this
article happened as a results of a protest in stopping the distribution
of paper topo maps by NRCan (http://www.mapsforcanadians.ca/).  It is
also important to note that these are national scale framework data maps
(Geobase - http://www.geobase.ca/).  The data to fill those shells are
not available - Census, Health, Environment, Transports, Infrastructure,
etc.  The provincial and the municipal data which are very important for
community analysis or cross city comparisons are not at all available
for free.

This NRCan release however sets a nice precedent for the free
distribution of maps.

Cheers
tracey

[Daniel Haran]

Some interesting quotables in there...
"Ms Martin told me that the previous licensing system was complex: "it
almost cost more to administer than it brought in," she said."

Something our MPs should be reading!

On 4/11/07, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Absolutely anyone can play and profit: Canada makes mapping data free
> for any use
> http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=118
>
> The article does a good review.  It is important for all to know that
> this is just one data set - the topo maps that are out of date and this
> article happened as a results of a protest in stopping the distribution
> of paper topo maps by NRCan (http://www.mapsforcanadians.ca/).  It is
> also important to note that these are national scale framework data maps
> (Geobase - http://www.geobase.ca/).  The data to fill those shells are
> not available - Census, Health, Environment, Transports, Infrastructure,
> etc.  The provincial and the municipal data which are very important for
> community analysis or cross city comparisons are not at all available
> for free.
>
> This NRCan release however sets a nice precedent for the free
> distribution of maps.
>
> Cheers
> tracey
>
>
>
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[Hugh McGuire]

ahem: let's set up a freeourdata.ca blog and make some of the interesting discussions we have on this list available to the public.  

h.

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On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

Absolutely anyone can play and profit: Canada makes mapping data free 

for any use

http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=118

The article does a good review.  It is important for all to know that 

this is just one data set - the topo maps that are out of date and this 

article happened as a results of a protest in stopping the distribution 

of paper topo maps by NRCan (http://www.mapsforcanadians.ca/).  It is 

also important to note that these are national scale framework data maps 

(Geobase - http://www.geobase.ca/).  The data to fill those shells are 

not available - Census, Health, Environment, Transports, Infrastructure, 

etc.  The provincial and the municipal data which are very important for 

community analysis or cross city comparisons are not at all available 

for free.

This NRCan release however sets a nice precedent for the free 

distribution of maps.

Cheers

tracey

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[Tracey P. Lauriault-2]

well! Can a bunch of us commit to some good content on a regular basis!  
I can do some and would be willing to do so if others join in!

I have been lovin' the tool making part and the actions and the policy
stuff on the list and some of it is pretty darn fine material i would say!

Hugh McGuire wrote:

> ahem: let's set up a freeourdata.ca blog and make some of the
> interesting discussions we have on this list available to the public.  
>
> h.
>
>
> -------------------------------------
> http://hughmcguire.net
> http://librivox.org
> -------------------------------------
>
>
> On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
>
>> Absolutely anyone can play and profit: Canada makes mapping data free
>> for any use
>> http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=118
>>
>> The article does a good review.  It is important for all to know that
>> this is just one data set - the topo maps that are out of date and this
>> article happened as a results of a protest in stopping the distribution
>> of paper topo maps by NRCan (http://www.mapsforcanadians.ca/).  It is
>> also important to note that these are national scale framework data maps
>> (Geobase - http://www.geobase.ca/).  The data to fill those shells are
>> not available - Census, Health, Environment, Transports, Infrastructure,
>> etc.  The provincial and the municipal data which are very important for
>> community analysis or cross city comparisons are not at all available
>> for free.
>>
>> This NRCan release however sets a nice precedent for the free
>> distribution of maps.
>>
>> Cheers
>> tracey
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> http://civicaccess.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss_civicaccess.ca
>
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[Russell McOrmond-2]

Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
> well! Can a bunch of us commit to some good content on a regular basis!  

   I will commit to adding some content if a BLOG were set up, but
whether any of it is good will be up to the audience ;-)


   I'm not a fan of the current WIKI -- I think given our limited
resources that something that requires a password to contribute is
needed, or it should be made only available to members.  I don't
contribute to the current WIKI as I expect the content to be defaced and
don't want to add BLOG links to it.

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