[OSM-legal-talk] Using geocoding results in an app

[Jukka Rahkonen]

Marcel Kühn <kuehn.marcel at ...> writes:

> 
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I've been looking through the archive of the mailing list, yet haven't 
> found a definite answer to this. I'm building an app in which the users 
> can fill in address information for their own or other locations. This 
> address information needs to be converted to lat / loon coordinates, 
> which are then saved in the database. I've currently planned on using 
> mapquest for the geocoding, which uses OSM data.
> 
> So, here's my question: Do I have to make the geocoded data (addresses + 
> lat / lon coordinates) available as a download? If so I'm afraid I have 
> to look for other ways to geocode my data / ditch the app since I guess 
> couldn't afford the possible traffic generated by those downloads.

> Any help is appreciated!

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marcel
> 

It is hard to find definitive answers from this list but I have understood
that the current interpretation is that your database would be derived from
OSM and thus you must publish the data you collect under ODbL. 

-Jukka Rahkonen-