Ed Parsons gave an unofficial reply: <a href="http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/">http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Richard Fairhurst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@systemed.net">richard@systemed.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br>
<br>
On Friday afternoon I made a request via Google's Data Liberation Front<br>
moderator page that they should sort out the legalities for their aerial<br>
imagery. This could let people use tracings from Google imagery<br>
elsewhere, just as Yahoo allows, rather than being locked down to Google<br>
Maps and its API. We've already established there's no legal barrier to<br>
them doing so.<br>
<br>
Thanks to you all, the support has been absolutely amazing.<br>
<br>
In a day and a half, we have 414 votes for the request - I've had to<br>
refresh three times while writing this e-mail, it just keeps going up.<br>
Their next most popular suggestion has 136 votes, just a third of our<br>
tally. We're all over Twitter and elsewhere.<br>
<br>
(Lest there be any doubt, this isn't a crappy "I want I want I want"<br>
petition. This is how Google actively ask you to make your requests.)<br>
<br>
What now?<br>
<br>
Please *keep publicising it*. Please translate and post to your local<br>
mailing list. We're not on talk-de yet - that must be worth a good few<br>
votes! Blog, tweet, tell your friends.<br>
<br>
If we're way out in front, Google will listen to us. If we're way out in<br>
front, we can publicise it elsewhere, from the Guardian to Slashdot. We<br>
need to show that it's not just a handful of legal bores who think this<br>
matters - it's really important to a lot of people.<br>
<br>
The address is:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://url.ie/2ero" target="_blank">http://url.ie/2ero</a><br>
<br>
Sign in and show your support. I'm bowled over by the response so far -<br>
let's make it even better.<br>
<br>
cheers<br>
Richard<br>
<br>
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