http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p218.html
"You may not use any part of the data product to develop or derive any other data product for distribution or commercial sale, without a license to do so."
I can see why they are doing it, namely they want to track any product that has that official "Government of Canada" stamp on it. The people who set up Geo gratis did get some resistance to their program when they set it up and this was the compromise. Their fears are that someone or a group will create a nefarious map (ill use!), and the data source would be traced back to them and then there would be a scandal and so on!
I am looking forward to hearing whether or not you will get the license for distribution on the web server.
>I just read the license here:
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http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/download/electoral/2004/licence.txt>
>If I read that right, a postal code conversion file would require
>permission too. That's insane.
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>*shakes head*
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>I'm going to ask right now.
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>On 2/1/06, Tracey P. Lauriault <
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>>Cory;
>>I can enquire about licensing at Geogratis if you like?
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>>Tracey
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>>>Quoting Michael Lenczner <
[hidden email]>:
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>>>>so cory - what do you think? do you know if / when you will have such
>>>>capabilities? Are you currently working on the project? - i'm sure
>>>>that time is an issue in terms of doing unpaid work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>It sounds great... i'd like to do it ASAP, but free time is an issue.
>>>Fortunately adding new features is more fun than rewriting old ones, so
>>>you
>>>guys are in luck. We're planning more overhauls on our database and code, so
>>>structure is likely to change. Identifying MPs by a seemingly-random integer
>>>isn't any good -- i'd like to have a few options, perhaps by name, EDID, or
>>>anything else you guys would like.
>>>
>>>Things i'm considering:
>>>- hosting a Web Map Server (WMS) with the voting/attendance/etc data themed
>>>- providing a lat/long --> EDID / MP lookup service
>>>- improved RSS
>>>
>>>We do have RSS, but it is rather weak at the moment:
>>>
http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/rss-info.php>>>
>>>I intend to use the geogratis 2004 shapefile, but will need permission
>>>to run it
>>>for the WMS (horray!, free data that we aren't allowed to actually
>>>_use_). Doing the lat/long --> EDID lookup I can likely get away with,
>>>without
>>>permission -- since i'm not really reproducing their data (but since i'm
>>>already getting permission...).
>>>
>>>We're definitely getting provincial data as well (in a few months), so
>>>it makes
>>>sense to provide these integrated services.
>>>
>>>XSLT I don't know anything about... will research as time permits.
>>>
>>>Anyways, i'd love more input...
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Cory.
>>>
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