[Legal-general] Introduction

[SteveC]

thus begins the fun discussion that we should change to PD because USGS wants us to, or we should keep BYSA because nearmap wants us to



On Jul 19, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Eric Wolf wrote:
> I wanted to make a quick introduction. Some of you may know me already - but likely many of you don't know why I subscribed to the list.
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> First, I subscribed because the OSM/PD page on the OSM Wiki said this was the mailing list to discuss PD map issues.
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> Second, I am involved in efforts within the USGS to understand how to work with the OSM community. I've done this in the past through things like joining mapping parties and taking Steve Coast on a tour of Washington DC.
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> Third, the primary hurdle between the USGS and OSM interchanging data on a large scale is due to licensing. The USGS is required by federal law to release all data free of any restrictions. Technically, it's not PD but it's a flavor of PD. I'm not a lawyer, so I won't even try to get into it. Essentially, the USGS would be putting some significant effort directly into the development of OSM if it weren't for the license issue.
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> Fourth, I'm involved in a project where we are testing some of the software capabilities and social processes within the context of current USGS data compilation. We've already stood up an empty OSM software stack on our own server and have begun populating with some test data. It's a very controlled test and there is very, very little actual data.
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> So, I am interested in the OSM/PD project and I look forward to the discussions here.
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> -Eric Wolf
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