<div dir="ltr">Here is a pdf file with my request to MassGIS and their response<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 1:02 PM, Jason Remillard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:remillard.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">remillard.jason@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Yury, <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Importing MassGIS address data is something will hopefully eventually happen. However, It hasn't been done yet because it is a really big project, but If you are interested in this project I would start with licensing. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div>The last attempt at importing addresses just for Boston was hung up on the licensing step.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ryebread/diary/38364" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/<wbr>user/ryebread/diary/38364</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The MassGIS address data uses the Creative Commons Attribution License (cc-by). <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">OSM people have looked at importing cc-by data into osm, and have concluded that we need to ask permission.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/" target="_blank">https://blog.openstreetmap.<wbr>org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-<wbr>data/</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">They suggest using this template <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3PN5zfbzThqeTdWR1l3SzJVcTg/view" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/<wbr>d/<wbr>0B3PN5zfbzThqeTdWR1l3SzJVcTg/<wbr>view</a> to write a letter to get permission to do the import. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A couple of years ago, the MassGIS data was in the public domain, they changed the license, so we probably can't do anything with new MssGIS data unless we get the letter signed. If you do write a letter, <span class="m_5326058867787409787gmail-gr_ m_5326058867787409787gmail-gr_2579 m_5326058867787409787gmail-gr-alert m_5326058867787409787gmail-gr_gramm m_5326058867787409787gmail-gr_inline_cards m_5326058867787409787gmail-gr_disable_anim_appear m_5326058867787409787gmail-Grammar m_5326058867787409787gmail-multiReplace" id="m_5326058867787409787gmail-2579">ask</span> for permission for all MassGIS cc-by data, not just the address data. I hope to update the OSM MassGIS L3 parcel layer this fall, which will require a second letter if we don't get permission for everything. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Perhaps, the email will be good enough. Print it to a pdf and share it with the group. Perhaps, we can upload your email to the OSM wiki, and use that. <br></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Jason<br></div></font></span><span class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Yury Yatsynovich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yury.yatsynovich@gmail.com" target="_blank">yury.yatsynovich@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Greetings!<div dir="auto">It was me who started the topic on importing MA addresses on the forum. Originally from Belarus, I'm currently residing in Malden, MA (so, might be considered somewhat local:)).</div><div dir="auto">I've contacted MassGIS about the possibility to import address points from their data to OSM and received their permission (as I mentioned in the thread on the forum).</div><div dir="auto">Best, Yury</div></div><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></span></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Yury Yatsynovich</div>
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