<div dir="ltr">OK,<div><br></div><div>Yeah, I figured it likely wasn't a viable source.</div><div><br></div><div>I got a message back from him and he said he is only using it for reference, which is, I guess, OK as long as he doesn't actually use it to locate business or other things or try to make OSM look similar..</div><div><br></div><div>I suggested he should probably not use it as a custom imagery source since that information goes into the changeset.</div><div><br></div><div>But perhaps a Korean speaker could have a friendly chat with him to remind him, that might be helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. I forgot to mention the talk-ko list to him so you might want to do that, too.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><i>"We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to <br>give us meaning. "</i><br>~ unknown<br>---<br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Changwoo Ryu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cwryu@debian.org" target="_blank">cwryu@debian.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
The vworld site is running by the government 국토교통부. And you may know,<br>
"export" of government-driven map is a crime in Korea. Any data from<br>
this site should be avoided in OSM.<br>
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2017-02-08 0:37 GMT+09:00 Robert Helvie <<a href="mailto:alimamo@gmail.com">alimamo@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know this user?<br>
> <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/%ED%99%A9%EC%9E%AC%EC%8A%B9" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/<wbr>user/%ED%99%A9%EC%9E%AC%EC%8A%<wbr>B9</a><br>
><br>
> It appears that he is new and has added a lot of items recently. I am happy<br>
> to have more local mappers, but I have a big concern.<br>
><br>
> From his changesets you can see that he is using custom imagery for mapping<br>
> with the iD editor. The concern I have is that it LOOKS LIKE he is pulling<br>
> the imagery from this site: <a href="http://map.vworld.kr/map/wcmaps.do#" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://map.vworld.kr/map/<wbr>wcmaps.do#</a> (pretty<br>
> ingenious, actually). The imagery is much better than Mapbox or Bing, but it<br>
> may not legally be usable with OSM.<br>
><br>
> Of course my Korean is not good enough to find the supplier for the imagery<br>
> on that website, but I expect the license may not actually be compatible for<br>
> use with OSM. If he is using that imagery to trace items or locate business,<br>
> then he risks adding data to the OSM database that is not compatible and<br>
> could put OSM in jeopardy.<br>
><br>
> I have just written to him through OSM asking about the imagery and how he<br>
> uses it, but of course my message was in English.<br>
><br>
> If a Korean speaker could have a look at the website and find out more about<br>
> the imagery and whether or not it is OK to use it with OSM (legally), that<br>
> would help. And/or have a chat with the user, that might also be good.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Robert<br>
><br>
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