[Freegis-list] free gis data

[michael gould]

Caution, the directive did not "go through" per se. The Parlianent said ok,
but the Council has not accepted it yet. Three member states are dragging
their feet it seems. You (Jo) can probably guess at least one.  :-)

...which means that the process continues and it will not be until the EU
presidency changes (next year) that any further progress is expected.

Still cautiously optimistic,

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Michael Gould
Department of Information Systems (LSI)
Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón Spain
E-mail: gould (at) lsi.uji.es
http://www.mgould.com



-----Mensaje original-----
De: freegis-list-bounces at intevation.de
[mailto:freegis-list-bounces at intevation.de] En nombre de Jo Walsh
Enviado el: viernes, 10 de junio de 2005 20:22
Para: Henrion Benjamin
CC: freegis-list at intevation.de
Asunto: Re: [Freegis-list] free gis data

On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 08:02:46PM +0200, Henrion Benjamin wrote:
> What is the status of the directive?

It went through on first reading on June 6th. I think there was never
any doubt. I suppose there will be a gravy train for 'viewing'
applications as mandated, and open source GIS could make a big niche
there.  i got a nice response from my MEP:

BREPOELS: Infrastructure for spatial information in the Community
(INSPIRE)
+(first reading, co-decision)

The report was adopted by the plenary without further changes to the
ENVI
+committee result. The report improves the commission proposal e.g. in
taking
+into account different levels of government, and strenghtening
consultation of
+stakeholders in drafting implementing measures on specific data sets.
Our
+amendments extending the scope of the directive to cover areas under
+anthropogenic stress and renewable energy resources and addressing
concerns
+over licencing were also part of the ENVI report.

As regards the question of possibility of charging for accessing
spacial data,
+the Committee supported the Rapporteur's compromise which allows for
public
+sector to collect fees for commercial reuse of public sector data,
while
+maintaining that viewing should be free (am 26).



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