In Sweden the agency that deals with cartography and land measurements (Lantmäteriet) charged money for their data. An acquaintance who works with the governmen

In Sweden the agency that deals with cartography and land measurements (Lantmäteriet) charged money for their data. An acquaintance who works with the government checked their income and where it same from. Something like 80% came from other government departments and the rest from companies. But the extra 20% was roughly the cost of running the administration to manage the billing. So the data got limited use for no financial gain. In May they started releasing the maps under Creative Commons [1]. Not only me was really excited about this here in Sweden. [1] in Swedish http://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.616018/slapp-kartorna-loss-det-ar-var--lantmateriets-databas-ute http://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.616018/slapp-kartorna-...