[talk-au] OSM Attribution Q

[Phil Wyatt]

They have been requested at least once before. I have just sent another
email

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Norman via Talk-au <talk-au at openstreetmap.org> 
Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2022 8:47 PM
To: Bob Cameron <bob3bob3 at skymesh.com.au>; OSM Australian Talk List
<talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [talk-au] OSM Attribution Q

On 2022-08-14 3:23 a.m., Bob Cameron wrote:
> I likely have this wrong, but worth a question.
>
> Looking at petrolspy.com.au website for Theodore Qld and note that the 
> sport and rec ground shows a remarkable similarity to the 
> changes/updates I did 10 months ago, right down to the service road 
> loop around the RV dump. In addition the petrolspy map has copied the 
> campsite rather than the reserve name.
>
> There is no attribution I can see, but the site does have Google ads. 
> The contact domain (email) is MX'd to Google.


They are using a map from maptiler, which uses OpenStreetMap data. I would
contact them at the email on their site, explaining that they're using a Map
based on OpenStreetMap data, and they are required to attribute, which is
generally done in one of the bottom corners of the map.


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