[OSM-newbies] Large Data Uploads - imports

[john whelan]

The problem is in the OSM license, check the OSM terms under which you
upload on the new license very carefully , FOSM fosm.org is more welcoming
for this sort of data.

Cheerio John

On 8 July 2012 18:41, Stephen Johnson <earthstephen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Who takes responsibility for large database uploads to OSM? By large
> database I mean whole regions of Tiger data or hydrography. I ask because I
> see that a large portion of a river system in my home state has no
> hydrography whereas other rivers in the region have hydrography that was
> uploaded as a mass data upload like Tiger data. Can I do this if I wish to?
> If so how? I know where the data is available from a US Geological Survey
> websites. What about license issues? Are all US government data open for
> public use?
>
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