Comments on: Merano Open Data Imported

by: Brain Off » In California and Support Open Geo Data? Oppose AB 1978 :: Mikel Maron :: Building Digital Technology for Our Planet

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:48:17 +0000

[…] Working for government action at the national level is like moving a mountain range. There’s much more possibility to have an affect in your local government. Oakland Crimespotting motivated the Oakland PD to release their data in a machine readable format. Merano Italy released a treasure trove of CC-SA data. Inspire your local government with these examples and , and push for truly free and open data .. leading to democracy, participation, and an inventive public life. […]

by: hns

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:06:42 +0000

Excellent news! I grew up in Meran, and did some of the preexisting osm maps from the gps traces I recorded last xmas. It’s great to come back and find find a perfectly accurate and complete map. Road classification is really the only thing that’s missing. I’ll take a look at it soon. Kudos to everyone involved!

by: mikel

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:56:36 +0000

Merano internally has an OSM like GIS — everyone employed by the city contributes information directly to the GIS, within their jurisdiction. Gardners update the locations of trees (yes the Merano GIS has the location of every one), etc. So the release of data is a fork, and we didn’t discuss anything about updates in the future, though that might be possible on request.

This is a really complex issue. The Sudan import from the UN was done in the context of the UNSDI-t process (UN Spatial Data Infrastructure - Transport) and they’re grappling with the interchange of geographic data updated and shared among many different agencies. Andrew has been attending a meeting there this week, and he may have more to share later on.

We’re really at the edges of the possible here .. as usual!

by: Luistxo Fernandez

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:10:09 +0000

One of the main doubts that I have detected in (open-minded) local authorities with public geodata when weighing this step taken in Merano is: is this “integration” or is it a “fork”?

I mean, Merano’s data goes to OSM and OAM, is processed and looks great. Now, Merano will keep updating its geodata in… its own databases? When new roads are built, what will happen? or what will happen to the new labels that will be added in OSM, not present in the original? OSM edits by the users at large, will go back to Merano’s servers?

The first import is a great achievement. And the next one?

by: Errota Zaharra Auzo Elkartea » Blog Archive » Los barrios están de moda

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:12 +0000

[…] Sería genial que las autoridades vascas (y vascos, y del resto del mundo también) dieran el paso fundamental: liberar la cartografía y la imagen pública. La ciudad italiana de Merano, en el Tirol del Sur, dio el paso hace poco, y hoy se ha anunciado que en OpenStreetMap se puede ver ya el callejero libre de la ciudad, y en OpenAerialMap la ortofoto integrada. […]