Inspire countdown
November looks like crunch month for the European Inspire directive, which in the form voted by the European Parliament earlier this year would mandate a “free data” regime. Here’s the latest compromise proposal, from the excellent publicgeodata.org. http://publicgeodata.org/files/Compromise/attachments/inspire-compromise.html
We’ll be monitoring developments, and especially the UK government’s positon, here.
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- The following posts may be related...(the database guesses):
- How the Inspire directive was watered down (23 November 2006; score: 30.66%)
- In today's Guardian: how Inspire was watered down (22 May 2008; score: 26.75%)
- Ordnance Survey gets its lobbying in against INSPIRE (2 November 2006; score: 24.26%)
- Inspire decision (22 November 2006; score: 21.28%)
- So what is Inspire, and why is the UK lobbying against it? (27 July 2006; score: 19.04%)
November 19th, 2006 at 9:43 am
Is there a consolidated version somewhere?
(I’ve asked the publicgeodata.org people but without answer so far)
Lack of consolidated version is an interesting way to make sure the EU stays uninteresting for 461 millions citizens (is it just me that find this incredible?)
November 20th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
We’ll be covering the outcome of the Inspire voting (or horsetrading, as we call it in the UK) in Thursday’s edition of Technology. The vote is on Tuesday 21st. Stay tuned….
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:19 pm
I have just heard from Satu Hassi MEP that agreement was reached last night on a compromise text. This will allow public bodies to continue making charges, subject to certain restrictions. More later.
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