[talk-au] AllThePlaces data in an Australian context?
Warin
61sundowner at gmail.com
Wed Jul 31 05:36:56 UTC 2024
On 29/7/24 11:39, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> I've also wondered about using this data?
>
> Just had a look at it though, clicked on a couple at random, &
> wondering if it'll be worth it?
>
> e.g. 99 Bikes:3 missing, 5 mismatch, 4 tags to add but the missing &
> mismatch results seem to be that it's searching for <99_bikes_au>, but
> they're already named as <99 Bikes>. It does also show opening hours &
> phone numbers for some of them so they could be added.
I recently added one of these 99 Bikes .. as a brand. Looking at their
website the 'name' looks to be 'brand' <location>.
I used; shop=bicycle, website=, service:bicycle:retail=yes,
service:bicycle:service=yes
>
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> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
> On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 at 18:19, Daniel O'Connor
> <daniel.oconnor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Wanted to open up a discussion thread about
> https://www.alltheplaces.xyz/ and what we're comfortable with
> ingesting into OSM from it, if anything.
>
> *What is it?*
> https://www.alltheplaces.xyz/ is a set of scrapers that crawl
> various business' sites; and extracts data of interest to OSM
> (address, phone, etc).*
> *
>
> Often, the businesses are publishing structured data under no
> particular licence (strong indicator they want it consumed),
> sometimes just presenting it in HTML etc.
>
> *Can we actually use it?
> *https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2023-08-14#Ticket#2023081110000064_%E2%80%94_First_party_websites_as_sources*
> *
> <https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licensing_Working_Group/Minutes/2023-08-14#Ticket%232023081110000064_%E2%80%94_First_party_websites_as_sources>
>
> Probably?
> Facts themselves aren't protected by copyright, there needs to be
> an expression of originality, etc.
> https://alacc.org.au/requirements-to-gain-copyright-protection/
> https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50425/
> https://www.mondaq.com/australia/copyright/94168/no-copyright-protection-for-telephone-directories-telstra-v-phone-directories-company
> Telstra Corp Ltd v Phone Directories Co Pty Ltd (2010) 264 ALR 617
> [340].
>
> (If this has already been settled, specifically in an Australian
> context, great! I didn't see anything from a cursory search though)
>
> *If we decide to use it; how do we use it?*
> Obviously, wholesale import of data with no human review is more
> likely to cause a mess than not.
>
> However, the comparison tools between OSM and ATP are being built
> out by various people; ie
> https://matkoniecz.codeberg.page/improving_openstreetmap_using_alltheplaces_dataset/#Australia
> It's likely we'll end up with a way to do maproulette style tasks
> - one click add phone numbers or websites; maybe something a bit
> more involved for viewing if there is street view imagery
> available we can validate a particular store location or similar
> that is generally user friendly.
>
> *How much data is available?*
> Rough analysis for Australia; ~63782 facts, ranging from "missing
> place" to "here's a phone number"
>
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