Safe Software Sponsors Open Data Consortium (ODC) Project
Palm Springs, CA – April 9, 2003 – Safe Software announces it is proud to be a sponsor of the Open Data Consortium (ODC), an initiative adopted by the GeoData Alliance. The ODC’s objective is to formulate a model data distribution policy to be used to guide local governments that make digital geographic information available to the public.
“We are pleased to be sponsoring the work of the Open Data Consortium,” said Dale Lutz, Vice President of Development at Safe Software. “Our involvement will ensure that the results of the consortium’s efforts will be supported by both our FME spatial ETL and SpatialDirect data distribution products. This will help make ODC’s vision readily implemental by our customers, many of whom are the ODC target audience.”
Bruce Joffe, ODC project initiator, stated: “It is wonderful to see software companies that enable easy access to geospatial data, regardless of format, collaborating with data distribution companies and local government data providers to help craft a solution to the administrative and contractual impediments to data availability. Working together to distribute and use geospatial data, businesses will expand, municipal economy will develop, and city finances will strengthen as the public's access to data becomes more available. It's all good and going to get better!"
More About GeoData Alliance
The GeoData Alliance is a nonprofit organization open to all individuals and institutions committed to using geographic information to improve the health of our communities, our economies, and the Earth. The purpose of the GeoData Alliance is to foster trusted and inclusive processes to enable the creation, effective and equitable flow, and beneficial use of geographic information. For more information, visit www.geoall.net.
More About the ODC Project
The purpose of the ODC project is to derive a model policy for distributing governmental geospatial data, that can serve as a de facto example to guide public agencies. The model policy will be developed in a series of interactive workshops and teleconferences with people from local government, private companies, Federal and state agencies who are willing to pursue a broad consensus of agreement. For more information on this project or to participate in this process, contact Bruce Joffe at GIS.Consultants@joffes.com, or visit www.geoall.net. You may download "ODCone-pager.pdf" from FTP://joffes.com, or check out the article in the January issue of GeoSpatial Solutions, on-line at http://www.geospatial-online.com/geospatialsolutions/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=41862
More About Safe Software
Safe Software Inc. is the industry leader in Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) technologies. Safe Software provides both spatial data transformation solutions and professional services. FME Suite is a complete spatial Extract Transform and Load (ETL) tool for desktops and enterprises. SpatialDirect is a multi-format, multi-coordinate system web based spatial data distribution system that integrates with third-party web mapping packages. For more information, visit www.safe.com.
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