[talk-au] Fwd: Importing Vicmap Lite data

[Russell Edwards]

Hmm, thanks Andrew and Ross.  I've read through those emails and a few more
now.... hmmmph, more fuel to the fire of my long-held hatred of IP.

Do you have any suggestions what other source to use for public land
boundaries?  What do commercial map companies do - pay for the data? There
is frequently no visible sign of a boundary on the ground or in aerial
imaging.

Ross-- on the "wood" area vs the forest area, yes, the existing area covers
the tree cover visible on aerial imagery - so it extends sometimes
kilometers beyond the state forest border, but also has holes in it for
major clearings and firebreaks within the state forest. What's the best
thing to do with that? I notice Macedon Regional park has the park as one
area, and adjoining treed areas outside the park as separate areas - maybe
that's best rather than overlapping them?

Russell






On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Ross <info at 4x4falcon.com> wrote:

> As Andrew pointed out explicit permission is required to import/trace etc,
> data you do not own.  It's part of the contributor terms of osm.
>
> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms
>
> This basically says "if you don't own the data then you have permission to
> use it".
>
> Otherwise as below:
>
>
> On 14/12/15 12:17, Russell Edwards wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to double check before I do this as people seem to talk
> casually about using Vicmap Lite data but the OSM Wiki has a long process
> to go through with the community before doing any imports.
>
> I have downloaded "Statewide Public Land Classification boundaries,
> polygon - 1:250,000 to 1 :2 million. Vicmap Lite". It is CC
> BY-4.0-International.
>
> I want to add boundaries of some local state forests I frequent, using
> this data. My questions are
>
> * Can I just go ahead and do it?
>
> Probably not as you don't have explicit permission.
>
> * I haven't done boundaries before, do I need a shared node where roads
> and waterways cross the boundary?
>
> No
>
> * What if there is an existing overlapping area natural=wood that follows
> the aerial tree extent (which doesn't exactly match the boundary)? Leave
> them both there? Do I need natural=wood on the state forest boundary area
> to, to make it display green? What about the conflict there?
>
> Yes but it's going to depend on the actual boundary.  It may be that there
> is a firebreak and someone has traced the wood outline but the boundary is
> actually about 5metres away.  Maybe have a look at doing one area and post
> a link to get feedback from others.
>
>
> * Anything else to watch for?
>
> Don't join boundaries to things that are not boundaries.
>
> Cheers
> Ross
>
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