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Hi.<br>
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This week, the National Land Survey of Iceland released a huge
amount of data publically accessible free of charge. The general
public and companies have already started using the data and one
company intends to release a complete 3D map of Iceland, largely
based on said data. The license for the data is unfortunately
incompatible with OSM's Contributor's Terms at the moment but it's a
work in progress which will hopefully be solved quickly. When we are
successful, which should happen eventually, the Icelandic OSM
community might need some tagging and import help in the appropriate
mailing lists.<br>
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You can see a news coverage (in Icelandic) in the link below which
has a graphic demonstration of a 3D map of Surtsey (
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey</a>).
The island is currently not accessible to the public due to
scientific research.<br>
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<a href="http://www.mbl.is/frettir/sjonvarp/79397/">http://www.mbl.is/frettir/sjonvarp/79397/</a><br>
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With regards,<br>
Svavar Kjarrval<br>
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