[talk-au] Uncredited use of OSM map

[Ewen Hill]

Top work Charles and Phil. Keeping 'em honest.


On Fri, 19 Jun 2020, 5:47 PM Phil Wyatt <phil at wyatt-family.com> wrote:

> I have sent an appropriate message to the agency and the appropriate
> Government Minister and requested an update to the website and map with the
> correct attribution.
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> Cheers - Phil
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> *From:* Charles Gregory <chuq at chuq.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, 19 June 2020 5:13 PM
> *To:* talk-au <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* [talk-au] Uncredited use of OSM map
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> Hi all,
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> The map rendering used by the Tasmanian Government in a recent
> announcement about a new prison site in Northern Tasmania looked familiar..
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> https://www.justice.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/571540/Northern-Regional-Prison-map.pdf
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> Compared to OSM, there are some features missing, some other features are
> rendered differently.  It could well be a different site/source with
> similar rendering:
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> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-41.5123/146.7475
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> (Screenshots of both: https://imgur.com/a/7EE2GXV)
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> Just sharing for interest's sake - not sure if it is worth following up
> on, or making a big deal about?
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> Regards,
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> Charles
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