<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi.</div><div><br></div><div>We need to be very careful about intellectual property with a project like OSM. We cannot use maps (and aerial photos etc) where the owner does not give us permission.</div><div><br></div><div>I can understand that this is frustrating when you have spent time on it, and you had good intentions, but the original copyright owner won't see it that way.<br></div><div><br></div><div>There is more detail on the wiki at <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright</a></div><div><br></div><div>Some government agencies give explicit permission for OSM to use their data. Without explicit permission, this data cannot be used in OSM.</div><div><br></div><div> - Ben Kelley.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 at 08:31, Andrew & Ingrid Parker <<a href="mailto:canlodge@gmail.com">canlodge@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Good afternoon<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">I emailed the group for the first
time recently:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">‘I am a basic OSM editor. I
usually just correct obvious map errors I find while hiking/cycling. I have
tried to be a little more ambitious every now and then, but I have found it can
be quite difficult to keep other editors happy with what I do.’<span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am writing to get some feedback from
other members regarding an issue with another editor regarding <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/112406297#map=11/-36.7730/144.6082&layers=G" target="_blank">Changeset:
112406297 | OpenStreetMap</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I used MapShareVic as my source, but was told that this is not
allowed. I am surprised by this as MapshareVic is the official Victorian
Government land software.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The background to this is that Fryers Ridge State Forest as depicted
on the map was completely incorrect, and I was attempting to correct it. Using
iD, I decided it was better to delete it and start again. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am trying to edit the map in good faith using iD. I have tried using
JOSM in the past, but found it to be too daunting and have been unable to find
any good tutorials on YouTube.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As far as I can tell Warin61 has deleted all the editing I spent many
hours on<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Maybe there is someone here who can help me get back to using JOSM?<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It would be good to see what others think about this.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Kind Regards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Andrew Parker</span></p></div></div>
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