[Talk-ca] Bus maps for Ottawa

Tom Taylor tom.taylor.stds at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 23:53:03 GMT 2012


I assume I can still add in bus stops based on personal measurement?

On 15/11/2012 5:38 PM, Richard Weait wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>> Tom
>>
>> this Ottawa license seems compatible with ODbl. Then, I think that the data
>> can be imported.
>
> No.  Absolutely not.  The Ottawa license is derived from the broken
> and dangerous Vancouver license.  Do not touch this data, even with a
> stick.  Until the damage done by the stupid Vancouver license, we can
> not use Ottawa data.
>
> Vancouver has held back Canadian open data initiatives for more than
> three years.
>
> Also.  For data set, the full import guidelines must be followed
> without short cuts.  Ottawa data is inappropriate by way of their
> damaging license, so we can stop considering it, right here.
>



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