Re: [Pkg-grass-general] Re: Introducing the DebianGis subproject
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:02:39PM +0200, Tilman Koschnick wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 14:03 +0200, A.O. wrote:
> > Finally a question: how about a central repository to collect free
> > geogrphical _data_ ?
>
> Geographical datasets, escpecially raster or dtm data, can be huge. I
> don't think it is something that should be distributed via the debian
> mirror network.
>
Generally I agree. A few limited data sets could be considered.
In the meantime if someone would open a wiki page about suitable
data sets for reviewing and memo, it would be nice.
> An option could be to have installer packages, which download the
> datasets directly from the main location. Ideally, the installer would
> wrap the data into a new, local deb, for ease of updates, removal or
> local distribution. Something like this is already done for some
> non-free, undistributable stuff, IIRC. All these installer packages
> should have a common interface, or maybe one installer for all known
> datasets.
>
> Since upstream locations or file formats might change at any time, these
> kind of installer packages probably fit right in with the current
> volatile discussion on debian-devel.
>
I think things need to be evaluated case by case.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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