[OSM-legal-talk] license change effect on un-tagged nodes

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Fri Jul 8 10:34:35 BST 2011


On 08/07/11 10:31, Maarten Deen wrote:
> 
> IMHO that's stretching the "geographic" bit very far. Sure, the fact
> that there is a sign is a geographic fact, but the fact that that
> signifies something for the road or object that's there is just convention.
> And highway value is certainly not geographic. There is nothing about
> the location or presence of a road that makes it "motorway" or
> "tertiary". That is only because it is designated as such. That
> designation can change anytime, but by doing so you don't change the
> geography of the place.

Now define "road". ;-)

- Rob.

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