[josm-dev] Fwd: Filter Google from Imagery?

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2011/1/27 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
> violate Google's terms of use already (I am unsure but I guess that
> using their tiles without a Google logo is not OK)


+1, I guess so too.


; but of course using
> their data for anything to do with OSM is a big No-No.


well, comparing should be OK (but in many areas of little use, because
their resolution is mostly great, but the positional accuracy often
isn't).


> If we ban Google backgrounds, of course anyone with a little Java skill
> (or a little web server redirection magic) could circumvent this


yes, but as you point out: it will strengthen our position in the case
when Google sues us for infringement (we could point to the user and
say that we took reasonable measures to avoid it).


> Another option that we could think about is setting certain tags on the
> uploaded changeset that indicate what background layers were used (e.g.
> source:tile-url=blah.google.com/blah/blah).


-1 for privacy reasons


we could also allow to display the Google tiles, and display a Google
logo (and fullfill all other requirements on behalf of Google if there
are), but deactivate all editing while they are displayed (i.e. no
selection, creation, deletion and movement of points, ways and
relations, no tag editing).

Cheers,
Martin