[talk-au] Importing Vicmap Lite data

[Steve Bennett]

Hi Russell,

  I've been involved in a discussion with VicMap (Peter Debicki
specifically) on this issue, but I've dropped the ball (or at least am
holding on to it a bit too long).

Here's the short version:

- From OSM's perspective, we need a clear statement from VicMap that they
are ok with us importing their data into OSM and potentially re-licensing
it.
- From VicMap's perspective: they don't think we need this statement, and
they don't want to provide it, but they're ok with us importing their data
into OSM.

Yeah, it's a bit silly.

Vicmap's position on IP is pretty clear. They consider all their *data* to
be open licensed, and available for anyone to use for free. They consider
their *services* (including rendered map tiles) to be commercially valuable.

Steve

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Russell Edwards <russell2pi at gmail.com>
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?
> * I haven't done boundaries before, do I need a shared node where roads
> and waterways cross the boundary?
> * 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?
> * Anything else to watch for?
>
> I might have a look at Vicmap Hydro to get the creeks as well.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Russell
>
>
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