<div dir="ltr">Alex,<div><br></div><div>We definitely have buildings, updated as of 2011. We use them for the stormwater remediation fee AKA Rain Tax. I'd like to figure out how to combine them with buildings (or not) and convert the abbreviated addresses to full. We can talk about that more on imports.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As for the public domain thing, I don't think we have it on the website, but it is (or should) be in the metadata. I will work on getting it written onto the website.</div><div><br></div><div>To view the disclaimer <a href="http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/infotech/GIS/datadownload.html">go to this link</a> and click FTP Site, which opens up the disclaimer in a javascript window (I think). My favorite clause is :</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">The user or recipient of data, hereby acknowledges that Baltimore County, Maryland, its agents, employees, successors, and assigns shall not be responsible for any and all property damage or bodily injury (<b><u><i>including serious physical injury or even death</i></u></b>) incurred as a result of, or arising out of or in connection with the use of or reliance upon data displayed herein.</span></blockquote>
<div>Death by data?</div><div><br></div><div>Jason: Alright, public domain it should stay then! </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Alex Barth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@mapbox.com" target="_blank">alex@mapbox.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"><div class="gmail_extra">Elliott - very interesting. Addresses are definitely a good one, are there good building footprints that go with them?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><div class="im"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Elliott Plack <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elliott.plack@gmail.com" target="_blank">elliott.plack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Baltimore County asserts that the data is to be released into the public domain. </blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div></div>Where do they claim that? and could you provide a link to the accuracy disclaimer?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Elliott Plack</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://about.me/elliottp" target="_blank">http://about.me/elliottp</a></div>
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