[Talk-GB] Import of UK SSSI data

[Dan S]

You need to be a little bit clearer about the licensing, to avoid
anyone getting shocked! "Freely usable" could mean many things... The
arcgis page says the data are under the Open Government Licence.

Cheers
Dan


Op za 16 nov. 2019 om 15:31 schreef Henry Bush
<openstreetmap at spookypeanut.co.uk>:
>
> Sorry, yes, the source of the data is the Natural England API:
>
> https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f10cbb4425154bfda349ccf493487a80
> https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/f10cbb4425154bfda349ccf493487a80_0/
>
> The data is freely usable, so there shouldn't be any licensing issues.
>
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 at 15:24, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>> What is the source of the data you are planning to import?
>>
>> Remember wikipedia is not a useable source under OSM licensing terms.
>>
>> Phil (trigpoint)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 2019-11-16 at 15:12 +0000, Henry Bush wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > (I've sent this to both the talk-gb and imports mailing lists)
>> >
>> > This is just a heads-up: I'm thinking about importing the data about
>> > UK SSSI areas into openstreetmap.
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest
>> >
>> > I've had a quick look at a few, and none of them seemed to be marked
>> > on the map. If I go ahead with the import, I'd do a much more
>> > thorough investigation first. This mail is simply a prompt for
>> > discussion as to whether people think it's a good idea.
>> >
>> > At the moment I'm still in the research phase. I've started
>> > collecting related links on a wiki page:
>> >
>> >   https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Spookypeanut/SSSIBot
>> >
>> > NB: this page is really just bookmarks for me at this stage. If I go
>> > ahead I'll make a proper, more informative page.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> >
>> > Henry
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