[talk-au] Few questions about tagging ways in Australia

[Brett Russell]

Hi

I can understand the sensitivity and required care but with geographical features the traditional resources have been maps and so you are a bit trapped. I can understand tracing from copyright work is not on but sounds like checking the spelling of a name Is even taboo. 

Just as an aside, more than a few copyright sources get things wrong plus even the authorities with the classic being different spelling of a location on the reverse side if a sign.  How do you check this?  Copyrighting town names does not sound legitimate even on commercial products.   Yes I accept taking a list line by line is dubious practice but referring to a source for a check sounds ok.  Basically the reason I know many names is from maps or people that had referred to maps.  Surely that is legitimate?. 

But yes the aim must always to avoid a redaction mark two, three, etc. 

Cheers Brett


On 09/09/2012, at 3:07 PM, "Richard Weait" <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> [ ... ]
>> IMHO, it's perfectly valid to consult other maps (Bing, Google Maps,
>> Melway, whatever) for street names,
> 
> I disagree in the strongest possible terms.  It is not perfectly valid
> to use those resources for OpenStreetMap and you are advised in every
> reference against using such resources.
> 
> Don't copy anything into OpenStreetMap from any published map or other
> source without explicit permission.
> 
> Map the things that you observe in your personal surveys.  Combine
> those observations with the information from resources we have
> explicit permission to use for OpenStreetMap.  If you have doubts;
> don't use a resource.  And ask the License Working Group if you need
> help with related issues.
> 
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