[Oer-community] A simple sample map to look at

Fri Nov 30 18:16:55 MST 2012

Photographs are subject to copyright. This definitely includes satellite
photos of the Earth.

The arrangement of data in a database is sometimes subject to copyright in
the US. The case law is murky on when.

YMMV.

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:54 PM, <rory at athabascau.ca> wrote:

> Cable
> I understood that data cannot be subject to copyright.
> Is this not the case?
> Rory
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 18, 2012, at 2:57, "Caine, Abel" <a.caine at unesco.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Susan,
>
>  Please consider the FOSS-based OpenStreetMap for the following reasons:
>
>  1.  FOSS tools are the practical and philosophical basis of OER;
>
>  2.  All data contributed by members belong to members (this is not the
> case with Google Maps);
>
>  3.  I will confirm this but I'm fairly certain OSM supports the relevant
> W3C standards for access by People With Disabilities.
>
> Regards,
> Abel
>
>  Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 18 nov. 2012, at 09:55, "Lic. Esperanza Villafuerte" <
> evillafuerte at speedy.com.pe> wrote:
>
>   Dear Susan and OER Communitty members.  This is Esperanza Villafuerte,
> now political science postgraduate student here. greetings from Peru.  I
> really can't check and enjoy  this tool, maps are still not accessible for
> us, people with bisual disability.  How ever I think maps provides an
> important support to the initiatives, giving to them additional  value.  I
> want to invite you to think of this tool like an advantage, as an step of
> various to know the soul of this community, probably We have the same
> dreams and the same vision, so diversity is the main feature of our
> educational needs and opportunities, such cultures and lifes too.
> Possibilities to pay attention to this feature will increase as much known
> and as this has been acquaintes for us.  Allow me to share a dream, I see
> without use my eyes, more and more people with disabilities studying and
> improving their own lifes and our poor community, because the support
> services at the universities and others leave the starters phase and
> finally improve.    many Universities around de world offer different kind
> of support services for blind and low vision student, those are
> also different on  size either quality, so most of those are disconnected
> between them, there's not a  single structure to share their experience,
> and besides they are years of years giving the same support for people with
> similar needs those are still as poor as they were when they started theyr
> actuvities.
> I hope let you know my mind, sorry if there some language mistakes, best
> regards.
>
> ________________________
> Lic. Esperanza Villafuerte
> Maestranda en Ciencia Política y Gobierno PUCP
>
> e-mail: evillafuerte at pucp.pe
> Phone: +51-1-3245407
> Mobile: +51-1-990328796
>  Nextel +51*834*1438
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>
> *To:* oer-community <oer-community at athabascau.ca>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:52 PM
> *Subject:* [Oer-community] A simple sample map to look at
>
>  Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> It might he useful at this point to look at the sample map we prepared and
> that was in my first message as a screen shot – while it caused a little
> technical grief in loading.
>
>
>
> But first let me give a bit of background.  For an exploration of mapping
> OER, it seemed like a good idea to have a sample map.  As Patrick
> McAndrew mentioned in his message, I had the privilege of spending some
> time at the Open University and had a chance to learn about the work done
> there, and some of the options and issues relating to mapping.  Patrick
> and his group, Simon Buckingham Shum and his colleagues and Teresa Connolly
> raised many of the issues that are being raised in this discussion.
>
>
>
> The map that was developed is ONLY an example and I want to stress that.  It
> is not a proposal.
>
>
>
> The sample map was developed with Google map and with data and generous
> help from the Open CourseWare Consortium (OCWC).  OCWC has an
> international membership and it made a good data set for the purpose of
> creating an example.
>
>
>
> Let’s go back to the message of Kathy Nicholson of the Hewlett Foundation
> (that has funded the support of this community while at UNESCO and now in
> the UNESCO/COL Chair), Mary Lou Forward, Patrick McAndrew and the many
> thoughts sprinkled through the the course of the week on what a map could
> be useful for, and especially Helen and Mark’s comments .
>
>
>
> Then explore the “simple sample” map at
> http://oerworldmap.oerknowledgecloud.org/ .
>
>
>
> For any of you who have trouble accessing the link, a screen shot is below.
>
>
>
> The map represents the three categories of membership of OCWC and you can
> see these by colour coding.  If you only want to see one category, such
> as institutions, click on the arrow in the window under Filter.  Then click
> on Institution of Higher Education – and you will only see members who are
> institutions.  This gives an idea of how a classification of OER
> initiatives might be presented – although there are more visual ways of
> doing that.
>
>
>
> Take a look….
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>
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