Purpose
This Charter/Charta/Carta provides practical guidance and political orientation for mapping, modeling, managing and sharing data as a Commons. If you follow these guidlines, you will contribute to a Global Data Commons. That is, you will govern your mapping community and manage data differently than people who centralize data control for profit.
The Charter does not describe the vision, scope or values of a specific mapping project. It is rather an expression of Data Commons principles. It will help you reimagine how you protect the animating spirit of your mapping project and prevents your data from being co-opted or enclosed.
The Charter as a whole is the maximum „commons denominator“ of mapping projects that aspire to share data for the common good.
Help commonize maps and data! For the people, by the people.