<HTML><BODY><div>OK !<br><br> <blockquote style="border-left:1px solid #0857A6; margin:10px; padding:0 0 0 10px;">Saturday, June 13, 2020 4:25 PM -05:00 from Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com>:<br> <div id=""><div class="js-helper js-readmsg-msg"><style type="text/css"></style><div><div id="style_15920835300369763025_BODY">On 6/13/20 09:08, 80hnhtv4agou--- via Talk-us wrote:<br>> If you people want me to prove my edit by adding a source, and a<br>> person from the data group as an editor,<br>><br>> asks me to prove it, and i redo my edit and he does not get back to<br>> me, why are you telling me I can not use<br>><br>> google as a map source, since all the maps on OSM are old news. like<br>> in my local area 7 months old.<br><br>From the Google Maps/Earth Additional Terms of Service:<br><br>> 2. Prohibited Conduct. Your compliance with this Section 2 is a<br>> condition of your license to use Google Maps/Google Earth. When using<br>> Google Maps/Google Earth, you may not (or allow those acting on your<br>> behalf to):<br>[...]<br>> e. use Google Maps/Google Earth to create or augment any other<br>> mapping-related dataset (including a mapping or navigation dataset,<br>> business listings database, mailing list, or telemarketing list) for<br>> use in a service that is a substitute for, or a substantially similar<br>> service to, Google Maps/Google Earth;<br><br>This is one reason why you're not allowed to use it as a source. If you<br>need to measure distance, use the measuring tool in JOSM.<br><br>--<br>Shawn K. Quinn <<a href="/compose?To=skquinn@rushpost.com">skquinn@rushpost.com</a>><br><a href="http://www.rantroulette.com" target="_blank">http://www.rantroulette.com</a><br><a href="http://www.skqrecordquest.com" target="_blank">http://www.skqrecordquest.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-us mailing list<br><a href="/compose?To=Talk%2dus@openstreetmap.org">Talk-us@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us</a></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div> </div><div data-signature-widget="container"><div data-signature-widget="content"><div> </div></div></div><div> </div></div></BODY></HTML>