[Imports] European urban landuse vector data

Frank Steggink steggink at steggink.org
Tue Jun 21 21:23:46 BST 2011


Hi,

I just noticed this post about European urban landuse vector data: 
http://blog.weogeo.com/2011/06/21/data-blog-european-urban-land-use-vectors/

It might be interesting for local communities within the EU who are 
seeking to improve landuse data in OSM in their area.
This data can be downloaded here: 
http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/urban-atlas

The license seems to be compatible with CC-BY-SA or the ODbL, as long as 
the source is attributed:

Rights:
    EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of
    content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes
    is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is
    acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright
    holder: Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry.

However, before anyone proceeds importing this in OSM, it might be 
better to check with the EEA if their license is indeed compatible. And 
of course it is _always_ a good idea to check with your fellow local 
community members first, to see if this really adds value to OSM!

Regards,

Frank




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