[Talk-ca] OpenStreetMap.org use of 2010 Census Subdivision Boundary File

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi,
Thanks for the prompt reply, much appreciated.

I think that answers my question. Others might have more questions, so
i cc'd the Talk-ca at openstreetmap.org discussion list on this reply.

Thanks,
Sam


On 6/25/10, Margaret.Clement at statcan.gc.ca
<Margaret.Clement at statcan.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello Sam Vekemans,
>
> Thank you for contacting us to seek clarification on the licence agreement
> for the 2010 Census Subdivision Boundary File.  Please note that the
> Unrestricted Use agreement is the appropriate licence for this product.
> Therefore the use of this product goes beyond "personal use" as noted in the
> Unrestricted Use agreement.
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>  The PDF statement that you mention is related to the Geography Catalogue of
> products and Services as well as the User Guide.  These are simply
> information products. We do understand how this could confuse a user.  We
> will see how best we can resolve this in order to avoid any confusion.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: samvekemans at gmail.com [mailto:samvekemans at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Sam
> Vekemans
> Sent: June 24, 2010 4:42 AM
> To: licensing at statcan.gc.ca
> Subject: OpenStreetMap.org use of 2010 Census Subdivision Boundary File
>
>
> Attention Minister of Industry,
>
> I'm wondering you can help here.   I copied the 2 licences below which
> are found on the same PDF, yet these seem to contradict eachother. The 1st
> one said that the data can only be used for 'personal use only'  where the
> 'Unrestricted use' says that it can be used in any way, as long as it says
> where the data came from.
>
> The latter is much preferred for when using it in OpenStreetMap.org
>
> Currently, we have the option of using the Natural Resources Canada PDF &
> geoTIFF maps, which contain some of this boundary data
> information (albeit older), and trace from it.   As the Natural
> Resources Canada licence is clear that it is 'Unrestricted End-User licence'
> where we just need to say that it originally came from NRCan, and that is
> all that is needed.
>
> Ideally, it would be great to simply convert the .shp file into .osm
> format   (which i have already done), and then copied a sample into
> OpenStreetMap to take a look at how it looks on the map.
>
> However, once i opened up the PDF and saw this contradiction in licence
> terms, i immediatly removed the data, as i wanted to check with you 1st to
> see which of these 2 licences below are the more accurate one and how do
> they apply.
>
>  Sincerly,
> Sam Vekemans
> Across Canada Trails
> OpenStreetMap Canada contributor,
> Victoria, BC
> 250 588 9041
>
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