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On 08/23/2012 07:59 PM, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What is OSM’s policy in
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Is it visible publicly legally (either locally or through remote
imagery) ? Is it legal for you to map it, according to the laws of
the country where you are physically ? If the answer to both of
these questions is affirmative, then you are legally entitled to map
to your heart's content.<br>
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Then there is the question of being caught accessing or publishing
data that was mapped by someone legally unrestricted in doing so,
but whose possession is illegal in your own country - or might just
cause trouble for yourself, lethal or otherwise.<br>
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Let's imagine you are developing a GIS portal for an Israeli
government agency and still want them to do business with you. Then
you might not want your map to feature that military base that was
perfectly legally mapped by an Inuit using publicly available Bing
satellite imagery, but whose pinpointing is frowned upon in Israel -
but please do that bit of self-censorship as part of your own
post-production process on your own copy of the data, not as
censorship of the common work.<br>
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