[OSM-newbies] Is Lincoln Highway data OK to use?

[Charlotte Wolter]

         So far, the director has said it's OK to use the map as it's 
printed on their web site to add the Lincoln Highway to OSM, but I 
asked her for a clarification, emphasizing that we need data in the 
public domain. If she says OK to that, then I guess it's OK from 
their point of view.
         Now, my main question is, does the fact that their routes 
are superimposed over a Google map create a problem?

--C


At 12:36 PM 3/11/2013, you wrote:

>On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Charlotte Wolter 
><<mailto:techlady at techlady.com>techlady at techlady.com> wrote:
>    I've been corresponding with the Lincoln Highway Association 
> about adding its data to OSM. The director said it was all right to 
> use their data, which is presented on their web site as an overlay 
> on Google Maps. (The Lincoln Highway was a route, started in the 
> 1920s, across the United States through about the same area as 
> I-80. It was supported by several oil companies to encourage driving.)
>
>
>
>Are you proposing to trace the overlay on Google Maps or use their 
>data? According to their web site "The Lincoln Highway Association 
>(LHA) does not share electronic files or computer coding of the 
>online Official Map of the Lincoln Highway. This definitive map, 
>which is sanctioned and owned by the LHA, represents thousands of 
>hours of research by more than 25 members of the LHA over a period 
>of 20 years, and is updated regularly by the LHA National Mapping 
>Committee. You are welcome to print and/or capture screenshots of 
>the map, terrain, satellite and street-level views."
>
>If they are providing you with the data, then I'd say it's ok 
>if  you document the addition on the wiki with information from LHA 
>granting OSM permission to use the data and any attribution requirements.
>
>If they are saying it's ok to trace, then hopefully somebody more 
>knowledgeable than me can answer the question. Personally I wouldn't 
>use anything on Google's Map for fear of copyright infringement.
>
>--
>Clifford
>
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