[Imports] Chicago Buildings Redux

[Svavar Kjarrval]

Good work! :)

- Svavar Kjarrval

On 21/02/13 03:31, Ian Dees wrote:
> Hi imports,
>
> Earlier last year I downloaded the Chicago building footprints
> shapefile [0] from the Chicago data portal, chopped it into manageable
> bits and started importing it into OSM. Halfway through the process of
> merging and uploading this data I read the data portal's license [1]
> closer, discovering a clause that makes the datasets offered there
> incompatible with OSM. The troublesome clause allows the City of
> Chicago to require removal of any City data at any point in the future:
>
> "The City may require a user of this data to terminate any and all
> display, distribution or other use of any or all of the data provided
> at this website for any reason including, without limitation,
> violation of these Terms of Use or other terms as defined by City
> agencies or departments contributing data to this website."
>
> When I noticed this I immediately stopped uploading data and began a
> conversation with the city's data team to discuss ways OSM could move
> forward with using the datasets listed on the portal.
>
> After several months of phone calls, meetings, and waiting, I'm
> pleased to announce that the City of Chicago has started to release
> some of its datasets under the MIT license on GitHub: [2].
>
> As a result of this new license, I will be able to continue importing
> the excellent buildings and address data into OSM (more on that later)
> and businesses will be able to use this data in their apps and tools
> without worrying about an untested license.
>
> I'm pretty excited about this, as Chicago is seen as a leader in
> municipal data and other OSM/Open Data folks can point to this as
> proof that open licensing is a very important part of open data.
>
> -Ian
>
> [0] https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Building-Footprints/w2v3-isjw
> [1] http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/narr/foia/data_disclaimer.html
> [2] https://github.com/chicago/
>
>
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