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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br>Yeah I know we are pretty good at adding them. But this discussion started with the HA because there were roads that were not on OSM.<br><br>It was this project that he was working on.<br><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid/" target="_blank">http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid/</a><br><br>So I personally added this in a rough way based on the descriptions from him who was on site at the time and the plans that were there (I didn't trace them just looked at them).<br><br>I don't (for a change) want to get into conversation about tracing imagery vs. doing it by hand. The point is what can we use.<br><br>My thought were that if there plans were based on the OS streetview (rather than the more detailed ones) then we could use them. <br><br><br><div>> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 18:23:34 +0100<br>> From: osm@raggedred.net<br>> To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM<br>> <br>> On 03/07/14 17:51, John Baker wrote:<br>> > The first thing I am worried about is the copyright of the various <br>> > plans. Some/many seem to be derived from OS maps.<br>> <br>> A legitimate concern.<br>> ><br>> > Now I am no expert on the copyright situation here and dialogue is <br>> > difficult they know little about OSM really. He just said we release <br>> > the plans and they are public domain.....<br>> <br>> There is no mechanism in the UK for a body like the Highways Agency to <br>> release data as PD. That is a mechanism used in countries like the US. <br>> In the UK the info would have to be licensed using a specific licence, <br>> such as the Open Government Licence. If the plans are based on OS maps <br>> then OS would have to agree to release this, according to OS's <br>> interpretation of copyright law. OS probably will not agree to this, but <br>> it is worth asking :-).<br>> <br>> Without a suitably agreed licence we cannot trace such plans into OSM. <br>> You could visit the site and get GPS traces & photos to add such works <br>> to OSM, which is usually what happens as soon as a new road gets opened.<br>> <br>> I'd be interested if the Highway's Agency have opened new roads and they <br>> are not included in OSM very soon after. That seems to me to be <br>> something we are pretty good at.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Cheers, Chris<br>> user: chillly<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Talk-GB mailing list<br>> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org<br>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb<br></div> </div></body>
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