[Tagging] Roadside maps

[Andre Engels]

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16 May 2010 05:27, Jonas Minnberg <sasq64 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The time these come in handy is when they show the streets in a residential
>> area that don't otherwise have clear streetnames - usually when there are
>> lots of small ways in between the buildings. Then it's practically the only
>> way to know which road is named what.
>
> No, there is usually local government collecting this information and
> if you ask nicely they usually give you the information.

Then again, the boards usually also come from local government.

>> Also if EVERYTHING written down was copyrighted then getting info from
>> street signs would also be breaking copyright.
>
> This starts getting into the debate over when a fact becomes knowledge...

That doesn't matter for OSM. All things are copyrighted, you said it
yourself. Whether it's "fact" or "knowledge" doesn't matter.


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André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com