[Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

[Ken Kilfedder]

Hi Mark,

If there is absolute confidence in that, can it be added to the wiki page here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland

And can it be added to the default set of old maps in JOSM?

If it is available for use, not point in keeping it a secret.

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On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, at 6:47 PM, Mark Goodge wrote:
> 
> 
> On 30/10/2020 18:37, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Oct 30, 2020, 16:28 by talk-gb at openstreetmap.org:
> > 
> >     It has come to my attention that the "Town Plan" map from 1944-1967
> >     in NLS is available freely.
> > 
> > What are its licensing terms?
> > 
> > "available freely" does not mean "compatible with OSM license"
> 
> It's out of copyright, so there aren't any licensing issues in deriving 
> data from it.
> 
> I would, though, be a little reluctant to use it as a basis for 
> wholesale numbering without any supporting local knowledge or survey. 
> House numbers can, and sometimes do, change, particularly when streets 
> are renamed or rebuilt. So you can't be 100% certain that a house number 
> in the 1950s is the same number it is now, even if the building is still 
> the same.
> 
> Mark
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