[Imports] [Talk-us] Potential Import of Addresses for Thurston County, WA, USA

[Raven King]

One solution might be to modify the dataset then provide some upload of
the modified dataset as the source?

My understanding is that yes it could. The goal is that they do want to
be seen as responsible if we modify the data in any way that is
incorrect, nor do they want us to represent them in any official
capacity.

On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 06:07 +0200, Mateusz Konieczny via Imports wrote:
> Is specifying source in changeset
> or on import page on Wiki qualifying
> as crediting them?
> 
> Because doing this is actually required.
> 
> 
> 26 Aug 2020, 02:07 by thekingofravens at disroot.org:
> > Alright I have an update:
> > 
> > After an email chain with Thurston County GeoData Center, I finally
> > got
> > explicit permission to use the data in open street map. 
> > 
> > "Hello Raven,
> > 
> > You can use the data in Open Street Maps and credit GeoData UNLESS
> > you
> > change the data in any way. If you change the data you can still
> > use it
> > in Open Street Maps but CANNOT credit GeoData and the County. We
> > make
> > no warrantees about the data temporally, spatially, or in terms of
> > attribution.
> > 
> > Please let me know if this helps to clarify the disclaimer or if
> > you
> > still have questions.
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> > Leslie Carman
> > GIS Analyst I"
> > 
> > I can provide the entire email chain if required but this is the
> > part
> > that matters. As for the terms they gave me, what is the best way
> > of handling this? My instinct is just to, in some very minor way,
> > ensure every piece of data is modified somehow so future mappers do
> > not have to worry about it. Does just adding it to OSM count as
> > modification, since we convert the data fields?
> > 
> > At this point, I would like to propose that we import this data, as
> > this includes rural towns and unincorporated thurston
> > county.
> > I would divide the building footprints into small blocks to avoid
> > well
> > mapped areas.
> > As for addresses, because they are points and there are so few
> > addresses in my region, I feel like we could be more aggresive
> > about
> > that import, although how much so I am not certain.
> > 
> > 
> > Also @Clifford Snow if you see this I would appreciate whatever you
> > have to teach about imports. 
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Raven
> > 
> > 
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