[Talk-GB] Crediting OSM (was Birdtrack using OSM maps)

Dan S danstowell+osm at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 07:16:57 UTC 2016


The Sacred Heart is a good example - using openlayers, set up so that
the "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors" is clearly visible. Seems to me
you're doing it right -

Dan


2016-04-27 19:44 GMT+01:00 Colin Spiller <colin at thespillers.org.uk>:
> Interesting wiki entry. Very technical - at least for me. I have several
> webpages with OSM maps inserted via iframe. For example
> http://www.ourladyandstjoseph.org.uk/SacredHeart.htm When I followed the
> link on the wiki to the example , I just got "page not found". Can anyone
> show me a good example please?
>
> Thanks
> Colin
>
>
>
> On 25/04/16 22:16, ael wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 08:39:31PM +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>>>
>>> I noticed recently that it was using OpenStreetMap data; at my
>>> instigation, it now also prominently credits OSM.
>>
>>
>> I noticed that my local library was using OSM but with no accreditation.
>>
>> When I looked (as I recall, on the wiki) for a link to send them, I had
>> to dig deep and just found this:
>>
>> https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/48/can-i-use-these-maps-on-my-website
>>
>> I seem to remember that the request to credit OSM used to be prominent,
>> but that no longer seems to be the case, so I could understand how it
>> might be overlooked.
>>
>> I sent an polite email on 24th Feb asking them to add the credit, but have
>> had no reply.
>>
>> So perhaps the request for credit needs to be more prominent?
>>
>> Meanwhile, perhaps others might also complain? The offending site is
>> https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/witney-library
>> As you can see there, their email address is
>> witney.library at oxfordshire.gov.uk .
>>
>> ael
>>
>>
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