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Hello Paul,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Thanks for
your comment, a word to the wise I suppose.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>However,
Google Earth is set up to record points and lines, save them to KML files
and even publish them on a public website if I recall correctly.
This would seem to invite the creation of data catalogs, at least for
noncommercial purposes.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Failing
this approach, perhaps an enterprise contract could be developed under
the aegis of OSM, the Red Cross or some such agency providing an
emergency response? It seems to me that in a dire situation such as
exists in Nepal, perhaps the lawyers could back off a bit and let the
volunteers get cracking with the best available tools for the job at
hand. I presume there is no commercial aspect to these projects and
that it is indeed purely humanitarian. Or possibly a token contract
fee or licensing charge could be established. The technology
exists, what better application than a major disaster?<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I can
assure you, based on my years of experience with both helicopters and
Google Earth, Google Earth is a much more productive way to identify
helipads then JOSM.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>No, I did
not create any data points from my Google Earth experiment.<br><br>
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</x-tab>Thanks, Cheers .
. . . . . . . Spring Harrison<br><br>
<br><br>
At 09-05-2015 00:15 Saturday, Paul Norman wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 5/8/2015 11:39 PM,
Springfield Harrison wrote:<br>
...</blockquote><br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The Google terms of service do
not permit the use of Google imagery to generate a map database*, which
prevents the use of Google Earth with default imagery. Did you add any
helipads based on Google imagery? If so, can you please send me details
off-list.<br><br>
* If you have an enterprise contract for Google Earth, you may have
different terms, but consult your lawyer.</blockquote><br><br>
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