[Talk-ca] Determining The Identity Of Features

[Chris Bruce]

Bump!

Anyone able to give me some guidance on this?

Many thanks.

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On 11/02/2011 12:36, Chris Bruce wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've been doing a bit of mapping for the project in the UK, adding 
> some roads and trails generally from my area of mid-Wales. We have a 
> bit of a copyright problem with "naming" features in the UK that we 
> have actually surveyed. You can see the question and the responses on 
> this link: 
> http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1286/determining-the-identity-of-features. 
> The government is being a bit more open and has released some data but 
> there seems to be some discussion about a possible conflict between 
> its licence and the OSM licence.
>
> I'm in Canada for a while and thought I'd map some trails while I'm 
> here per your WikiProject Canada page. I'm hiking in Provincial Parks 
> and National Parks in BC at the moment. I guess there will also be 
> Regional Parks. At the trailhead there are generally maps naming the 
> trails and features. Having hiked and tracklogged the trail am I 
> permitted to "name" the trail or feature in OSM from the information 
> found at the trailheads? (Or do I ask somebody who looks at the sign 
> at the trailhead and then tells me?!!!?)
>
> Also I'm aware that NRCan has released a huge amount of data for use. 
> Can I similarly "name" and draw features from information obtained 
> from those sources, e.g. the Topo tiffs?
>
> The reason I ask here is that I know that you guys (authorities!) seem 
> somewhat open about copyright licensing and the uses to which official 
> cartographic data is put and some guidelines for me would be great.
>
> Thanks for your time...