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<div>The standard way of obtaining waiver is for mapper interested in using this data is to obtain it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>LWG is in general not the entity involved in getting required waivers, it is rather done by<br></div><div>whoever is interested in making the import.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Feb 20, 2021, 17:12 by bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">I come to the same conclusion Colin, there
is a need and advise from the LWG to ask for a waiver. </span><br></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Taking a more detailed look at their data,
it might be a valuable resource to consider it, being allowed to
use their data also to verify and improve other maritime borders.<br> Can I hope Andy to take the initiative with the DWG for the
waiver if they consider this is a valuable data source ?</span></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Greetings,</span><br></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Bert Araali</span><br></p><div class="">On 20/02/2021 18:49, Colin Smale wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Looks like their data is licensed as CC-BY 4.0 which is
very permissive but I can't say if it is enough for inclusion
in OSM.<br></div><div class=""><a href="https://marineregions.org/disclaimer.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marineregions.org/disclaimer.php</a><br></div><div class=""><br></div><div class="">It actually looks like it may be
possible, with some additional documentation:<br></div><div class=""><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/ODbL_Compatibility" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/ODbL_Compatibility</a><br></div><div class=""><a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/</a><br></div><div class=""><br></div><div class="">They also have ready-made median
lines available for download, licensed as above.<br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 02/20/2021 2:54 PM Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <a href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Can this be a possible
source (although also simplified vector lines): <br> <a href="https://www.marineregions.org/about.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.marineregions.org/about.php</a></span></span></p><p></p><div>They provide downloadable shape, KML and low resolution data
files. Someone could ask them to provide us with high
resolution data as they seemed to have done all the
calculations according to the UN regulations and International
Standards. They used PostGIS to produce it.<br></div><div> <a href="https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php</a><br></div><p></p><p>Didn't look at any License restrictions or conflicts though.<br></p><p>Greetings,<br></p><p>Bert Araali<br></p><div class="">On 20/02/2021 16:32, Colin Smale
wrote: <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>The Median Lines are defined in terms of the Baselines -
a simplified representation of the coastline doing specific
things around islands, bays and estuaries. Perhaps we can
get hold of the Baseline data and create our own median
lines mathematically from that?<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 02/20/2021 2:13 PM Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <a class="" href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Dear Andy, list
members,</span></span><br></p><p><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Do you have or are
there resources which we can use to define these Median
Lines and which cause no licensing conflicts ?<br> Do you have the intention to create a wiki page to
describe this issue and how you plan to implement it ?</span></span></p><p><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">If you need some
help, I am very willing to allocate some time to
participate. As I have mapped 325 (mostly
administrative) boundaries already in JOSM.</span></span><br></p><p><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Greetings,</span></span><br></p><div><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Bert Araali</span></span> <br></div><div class="">On 20/02/2021 14:50, Andy
Townsend wrote: <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 03/02/2021 10:44, Andrew
Davidson wrote: <br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div><div>The Spanish law says that in the absence of an agreement
with another country, their territorial sea shall not
extend beyond the median line:<br></div><div> <br></div><div> <a href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LIS149-Spain.pdf" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LIS149-Spain.pdf</a> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Moroccan law also has the same arrangement: <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <a href="https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/MAR_1973_Act.pdf" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/MAR_1973_Act.pdf</a> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> As there is no agreement between the two countries it
would appear that they both think the boundary is the
median line. However Morocco amended their law last
year: <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <a href="https://www.moroccoembassy.co.za/morocco-in-the-news/260-morocco-updates-its-maritime-legislation-to-un-standards" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.moroccoembassy.co.za/morocco-in-the-news/260-morocco-updates-its-maritime-legislation-to-un-standards</a> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Details in English are sparse (they haven't sent the
required paper work to the UN yet), but the changes
appear to be about their Atlantic maritime boundaries. <br></div><div> <br></div></blockquote><div>Thanks Andrew.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> I was waiting here just in case anyone posted another
point of view, and no-one has. Unfortunately the US
document (which describes the Spanish point of view) says
"The Kingdom of Spain also includes its exclaves located
on the northern coast of Africa, which are beyond the
scope of this study". It does, however, describe what
Spain does elsewhere, which is presumably a "general
intent". As you say, the Moroccan article 2 ("In the
absence of a specific agreement on the subject, the
breadth of the territorial waters shall not extend beyond
a median line every point of which is equidistant from the
nearest points on the baselines of the Moroccan or
adjacent coasts") is clearer. <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Does anyone see a problem with the "median line" approach? <br></div><div> <br></div><div> If not, does anyone fancy volunteering to actually make
the change? It'd need to be someone familiar with
boundary editing, which probably means familiarity with
JOSM's "validator" to check that the resulting boundaries
are both valid multipolygons and match the documentation
above. If not, I can do it, but it might take a bit
longer. <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Best Regards, <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Andy (from the DWG) <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> _______________________________________________ <br></div><div> talk mailing list <br></div><div> <a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a> <br></div><div> <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a> <br></div></blockquote><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div> talk mailing list <br></div><div> <a class="" href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a> <br></div><div> <a class="" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a> <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><pre class="">_______________________________________________
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