It's certainly OK to make money for services you provide. However, when the information is taken from government, it should NOT
be an exclusive government contract where 1 private compay gets access
to the raw data.
This raw data should be made freely available, so many companies and
organizations can do what they wish & make cool things.
It should not be sold exclusively to 1 company. Information like:
- postal code data
- city maps
- city services/ultilities maps
- future planning maps
-historical maps
- and statistics and survay notes
it should all be free so then everyone can access it and be creative &
put it in a form that people will learn to like.
my 2 cents,
Sam Vekemans
Victoria, BC
be an exclusive government contract where 1 private compay gets access
to the raw data.
This raw data should be made freely available, so many companies and
organizations can do what they wish & make cool things.
It should not be sold exclusively to 1 company. Information like:
- postal code data
- city maps
- city services/ultilities maps
- future planning maps
-historical maps
- and statistics and survay notes
it should all be free so then everyone can access it and be creative &
put it in a form that people will learn to like.
my 2 cents,
Sam Vekemans
Victoria, BC
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