[OSM-talk-ie] Using CC-BY datasets on data.gov.ie for OSM - Good to go :)

Dave Corley davecorley at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 02:33:52 UTC 2016


Folks,

I've received clarification that while the CC-BY 4.0 license is not
suitable for merging with OSM, the granting of explicit permission to use
CC-BY 4.0 datasets by the relevant owner is allowed.

I have gotten that explicit permission for all datasets contained on
data.gov.ie (over 4,500 datasets). A PDF of the email permission will be
saved on the wiki later this evening.

Note, this ONLY covers datasets under CC-BY 4.0. There are a handful of
datasets under other licences on that site so be aware of this when
selecting a dataset.

So, whats next?

Basically, everyone is free to start trawling through that site for any
datasets that might be of use to us, however, there are some existing
guidelines and requirements if anyone is looking to do any imports [1].

With this in mind, and to ensure some kind of coordination and logical
approach (agreed tagging etc), I threw together a wiki page [2] as a
central spot to list any datasets that are potential options. I've tried to
keep it simple on that page so there should not be much of a burden on any
one person while gathering a min amount of info about each dataset. Any
dataset that looks like it might be useful to us should get put up onto
that page. I've thrown up a good few as a start to give an idea of what is
available. If anyone is interested in reviewing these, how I'm doing it is
going in alphabetical order of the publishers (link at the top of the site)
and reviewing everything under a publisher before moving on to the next
one. You can see the last one I checked (at the moment Cork City Council)
on the wiki page as its the most recent dataset listed.

When reviewing potential datasets, something to keep in mind is that while
one dataset might look midly interesting, it may contain a goldmine of
additional data as part of additional attribute info. One example of this
is where a dataset containing locations of street lamps might seem a bit
over the top to import, the raw data may also contain street names and
other valuable data so be sure to dig into the attribute data before
dismissing a potential source.

>From that page, we can discuss each dataset as we work through them i.e.
some may be suitable for doing automated style imports, others may be
purely manual while others still might involve a hybrid approach e.g.
maproulette/layers etc. Once agreed, each will get its own import page, see
[3] as an example. Once completed, each one will also get listed under the
Ireland section of the contributors page [4].

As regards issues that may come up, please feed them back to the mailing
list. This includes data quality, licencing, data errors, formats, corrupt
sources etc etc. The reason I want to collect this particular information
is, after speaking with Denis Parfenov, a board member of the Open Data
Governance Board, the board is looking for OSM Ireland to come and present
to the ODGB in early 2017 on our experiences in using the data, what more
we want and anything else that may seem relevant. [5]  Once its closer to
the time I'll be putting together a presentation and looking for feedback
from this list.

Looking forward to seeing what opportunities this brings.

Thanks,
Dave

1 - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
2 - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ireland/Open_Data
3 - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ireland/Imports
4 - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Ireland
5 -
https://data.gov.ie/content/note-open-data-governance-board-meeting-25-october-2016


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