<div dir="ltr"><div>First, thanks for your interest in making OSM better, and for posting to the official list about your plans. In general, this sounds like a good idea.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the license, this is what I am seeing:</div>"<span style="color:rgb(76,76,76);font-family:Roboto,"Avenir Next";font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">No person shall sell, give, reproduce, or receive for the purpose of selling or offering for sale, any portion of the data provided herein... " </span><div><font color="#4c4c4c" face="Roboto, Avenir Next"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#4c4c4c" face="Roboto, Avenir Next"><span style="font-size:16px">I am not sure that this is compatible with ODbL.</span></font></div><div><font color="#4c4c4c" face="Roboto, Avenir Next"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#4c4c4c" face="Roboto, Avenir Next"><span style="font-size:16px">Mike<br></span></font><div><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76);font-family:Roboto,"Avenir Next";font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76);font-family:Roboto,"Avenir Next";font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><br></span></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 5:54 PM Mike N <<a href="mailto:niceman@att.net">niceman@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Interesting ... they do set a "Custom license" on the roads and address <br>
that does not exclude OSM usage. That might be acceptable when <br>
combined with the Email.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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On 12/17/2021 7:41 PM, Steven W wrote:<br>
> That was one of my concerns as well. This is the response I got from asking about that:<br>
> "We have no licensing restrictions or guarantees on our data found on our Open Data Site. (<a href="https://opendata-linncounty-gis.opendata.arcgis.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opendata-linncounty-gis.opendata.arcgis.com/</a>) Feel free to use however you want to use it. The more that have access or use for it the better in our thought process.<br>
> <br>
> We do not update any planimetric data or topo data on a set schedule, but most other layers are updated nightly."<br>
> <br>
> I'm not certain if that should be interpreted as 'unlicensed' or something else, and if that would cause any issues on the OSM side.<br>
> <br>
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> <br>
> On Friday, December 17th, 2021 at 6:29 PM, Mike N <<a href="mailto:niceman@att.net" target="_blank">niceman@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> One thing to check is for a compatible license. For example there are<br>
>><br>
>> 2 counties near me with "open data" - that is, data freely available for<br>
>><br>
>> download from the ESRI data portal. However I cannot use the data<br>
>><br>
>> because there is no license specified. I tried to talk one of them<br>
>><br>
>> through how to set the an "Open data commons" license over the phone,<br>
>><br>
>> but we couldn't find the setting.<br>
>><br>
>> If their license is not compatible, it is also acceptable for them<br>
>><br>
>> to issue a waiver to allow use in OSM, but in practice this is difficult<br>
>><br>
>> to obtain.<br>
>><br>
>> Mike<br>
>><br>
>> On 12/17/2021 6:17 PM, Steven W via Talk-us wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hopefully this is the right place to ask, otherwise please direct me<br>
>>><br>
>>> elsewhere as I've never done this before.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I asked about this on reddit and was directed here. I've found that many<br>
>>><br>
>>> US county assessor maps are open data (and at the very least I've<br>
>>><br>
>>> confirmed that my county is) and I'd like to import building outlines<br>
>>><br>
>>> and addresses to OSM. My current ideal plan would be to import the data<br>
>>><br>
>>> into JOSM, remove duplicates with current OSM data taking precedence and<br>
>>><br>
>>> resolve other warned/errors that crop up, then import.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My main blind spots are scripting since it's such a large area, and<br>
>>><br>
>>> proper due process (which I will say is nicely outlined in the wiki<br>
>>><br>
>>> (which I've been looking at here<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a>))<br>
>>><br>
>>> Here is the reddit post with about the same amount of detail:<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/rimngy/importing_county_data/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://old.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/rimngy/importing_county_data/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/rimngy/importing_county_data/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://old.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/rimngy/importing_county_data/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Any thoughts, suggestions, or other ideas?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Steve<br>
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