Ordnance Survey has today become the first high-profile public body to implement the Open Government Licence

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Ordnance Survey maps become open government data
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article

Also here - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/

This is an unbelievable story!  The Ordinance Survey was known as the worst cost recovery shop ever.  Canada was alway between the US as the free data nation and the UK as the all for sale nation.

Congrats UK Guardian!

NRCan is quite liberal with many (not all) maps being made available at no cost under an unrestricted user license, but it is not a central map agency but does produce most of Canada's resources maps & collects remote sensing data etc., The Government of Canada produces maps in many other departments such as at Elections Canada, Statistics Canada, Agriculture Canada, Environment Canada, probably Parks Canada and others.  Canada Post, a crown corporation also creates highly desired maps and geocoded postal code data used to link electoral data, these are very expensive data with a very restrictive licence, as are the StatCan maps.  Perhaps one day Canada will also have a mapping agency that will bring together the nation's mapping and geomatics endeavours and will share its digital maps & data at not cost to its citizens like the ordinance survey now does and like the US has been doing for quite some time.
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613-234-2805

[Sam Vekemans]

Yup,
I posted it to my blog also :)


On 1/6/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ordnance Survey maps become open government data
> http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article
>
> <http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article>Also
> here - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/
>
> <http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article>This
> is an unbelievable story!  The Ordinance Survey was known as the worst cost
> recovery shop ever.  Canada was alway between the US as the free data nation
> and the UK as the all for sale nation.
>
> Congrats UK Guardian!
>
> NRCan is quite liberal with many (not all) maps being made available at no
> cost under an unrestricted user license, but it is not a central map agency
> but does produce most of Canada's resources maps & collects remote sensing
> data etc., The Government of Canada produces maps in many other departments
> such as at Elections Canada, Statistics Canada, Agriculture Canada,
> Environment Canada, probably Parks Canada and others.  Canada Post, a crown
> corporation also creates highly desired maps and geocoded postal code data
> used to link electoral data, these are very expensive data with a very
> restrictive licence, as are the StatCan maps.  Perhaps one day Canada will
> also have a mapping agency that will bring together the nation's mapping and
> geomatics endeavours and will share its digital maps & data at not cost to
> its citizens like the ordinance survey now does and like the US has been
> doing for quite some time.
> --
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> 613-234-2805
>

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[Sam Vekemans]

Yup,
I posted it to my blog also :)


AFAIK, the statsCan data, and many other federal datasets are used to
create the 'CanVec' dataset product.
They DO aim to try and get the best 'available data'.  With the newest
addition being the adding of the manitoba street names. (parks canada,
environment canada, and many more do contribute to it)


Once the other provinces (alberta/saskatchewan/bc) see's it. ... i
hope it'll be used and updated more. :)


The province of BC's dataset is great, but it's SO MUCH duplicate
efforts, without sharing the resaults back to the federal government
.... double dipping with tax dollars!


..... then when desaster strikes, the federal dataset will/should/can
be the one that everyone turns too
.... and a great use of federal tax-payer dollars from NRCan @ Sherbroke, QC

On 1/6/11, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ordnance Survey maps become open government data
> http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article
>
> <http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article>Also
> here - http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/
>
> <http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/ordance-survey-maps-become-open-government-data/1006713.article>This
> is an unbelievable story!  The Ordinance Survey was known as the worst cost
> recovery shop ever.  Canada was alway between the US as the free data nation
> and the UK as the all for sale nation.
>
> Congrats UK Guardian!
>
> NRCan is quite liberal with many (not all) maps being made available at no
> cost under an unrestricted user license, but it is not a central map agency
> but does produce most of Canada's resources maps & collects remote sensing
> data etc., The Government of Canada produces maps in many other departments
> such as at Elections Canada, Statistics Canada, Agriculture Canada,
> Environment Canada, probably Parks Canada and others.  Canada Post, a crown
> corporation also creates highly desired maps and geocoded postal code data
> used to link electoral data, these are very expensive data with a very
> restrictive licence, as are the StatCan maps.  Perhaps one day Canada will
> also have a mapping agency that will bring together the nation's mapping and
> geomatics endeavours and will share its digital maps & data at not cost to
> its citizens like the ordinance survey now does and like the US has been
> doing for quite some time.
> --
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> 613-234-2805
>

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