[talk-au] Source material.

forster at ozonline.com.au forster at ozonline.com.au
Sun Oct 17 23:43:34 UTC 2021


Hi

"Where can we get source material for Victorian State Forests"

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Resources
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Data_Imports

Tony


> Thanks Ben
> Where can we get source material for Victorian State Forests,   
> National Parks etc?
> Regards
> Andrew Parker
>
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> On 18 Oct 2021, 09:23, at 09:23, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> We need to be very careful about intellectual property with a project
>> like
>> OSM. We cannot use maps (and aerial photos etc) where the owner does
>> not
>> give us permission.
>>
>> I can understand that this is frustrating when you have spent time on
>> it,
>> and you had good intentions, but the original copyright owner won't see
>> it
>> that way.
>>
>> There is more detail on the wiki at
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright
>>
>> Some government agencies give explicit permission for OSM to use their
>> data. Without explicit permission, this data cannot be used in OSM.
>>
>> - Ben Kelley.
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 at 08:31, Andrew & Ingrid Parker
>> <canlodge at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good afternoon
>>>
>>> I emailed the group for the first time recently:
>>>
>>> *?I am a basic OSM editor. I usually just correct obvious map errors
>> I
>>> find while hiking/cycling. I have tried to be a little more ambitious
>> every
>>> now and then, but I have found it can be quite difficult to keep
>> other
>>> editors happy with what I do.?*
>>>
>>> I am writing to get some feedback from other members regarding an
>> issue
>>> with another editor regarding  Changeset: 112406297 | OpenStreetMap
>>>
>> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/112406297#map=11/-36.7730/144.6082&layers=G>
>>>
>>> I used MapShareVic as my source, but was told that this is not
>> allowed. I
>>> am surprised by this as MapshareVic is the official Victorian
>> Government
>>> land software.
>>>
>>> The background to this is that Fryers Ridge State Forest as depicted
>> on
>>> the map was completely incorrect, and I was attempting to correct it.
>> Using
>>> iD, I decided it was better to delete it and start again.
>>>
>>> I am trying to edit the map in good faith using iD. I have tried
>> using
>>> JOSM in the past, but found it to be too daunting and have been
>> unable to
>>> find any good tutorials on YouTube.
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell Warin61 has deleted all the editing I spent many
>>> hours on
>>>
>>> Maybe there is someone here who can help me get back to using JOSM?
>>>
>>> It would be good to see what others think about this.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>>
>>> Andrew Parker
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Ben Kelley
>> ben.kelley at gmail.com
>> https://mrebenezer.blogspot.com/
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>>
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