[Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM

[John Baker]

My simple non-legal logic was we could use the same OS map we are allowed to use for tracing/information. If they based them on that and released maybe that would be ok. They did say they had hundreds of maps of the ongoing works and I hoped it was the case of just selecting the right one.

Well it seem no-one knows or cares if that is possible. It would have been nice to know what we can/cannot do with other data. Maybe if successful it could have been used for a blueprint for future opening up of data.

I'll let them them know about the copyright situation (which I was fully aware from day one was a concern) and there is no real interest from the OSM community for establishing this.

The highway agency already provides ongoing and upcoming projects on their website and have done for years. I see no value in them just sending me another list of these that I can share again.

Oh well the do-ocracy system of OSM once again descends into no-ocracy.
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:47:39 +0100
From: rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM

Hi John,

The negativity, or least lack of enthusiasm, is partly due to the complexity of the issue. We'd love to have Highways Agency data as open data but if the data is based upon Ordnance Survey data this becomes a quite tricky. Normally you would have the data holder apply for a Exemption under the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA). Even then there's not much consensus in the GB community as to whether we can actually use the data.


As suggested, a better idea would be to have the Highways Agency provide us a list of upcoming projects and dates that they are expected to complete. If they have any GPS data we would be able to use that too :-)


Rob


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