[Talk-in] Id editor on Bhuvan

[Shekhar Krishnan]

Sajjad:

When you say "we" in your replies below it is not clear to whom you refer.

If we are speaking of the OpenStreetMap community in general, there is 
no organisation as such, and therefore we must confirm whether a single 
user license applies to citizens or volunteers contributing to OSM.

If we are speaking of a company like MapBox or educational institution 
like HBCSE-TIFR, then it is my understanding that the terms of use are 
different.

This is definitely the case for organisations hosting their own services 
based on data downloaded or sourced from NSRC, but again it is not very 
restrictive as the policy is meant to encourage dissemination.

In both cases I am satisfied there are no liability or licensing issues 
beyond the usual attribution/citation. Ask a lawyer if you want.

I'm not sure why downloads are a bottleneck for users who just want the 
wms or tiles services from Bhuvan, which is what most people in the OSM 
community would need.

At HBCSE-TIFR we are also in touch with folks from ISRO and NSRC so 
let's perhaps pool these queries from this thread and maybe send them 
altogether to our contacts in the concerned agencies.

Best,


Shekhar

On Monday 25 May 2015 01:25 PM, Sajjad Anwar wrote:
> Hey Shekhar -
>
> Thanks for getting to the bottom of this. I think we are off to a
> great start. The policy doesn't seem to be too restrictive, which I
> find very positive.
>
>> "Terms of uses and Citation Policy:
>>
>> "1. NRSC/ISRO grants only single user license for the use of Bhuvan -
>> Thematic Services from this web portal without requiring specific
>> permission.
>
> Single user license is unclear. Can this be an organisation?
>
>> "iii. User can use the services to produce Value Added Services and/or
>> derivative works;
>
> What's the capacity to which we can do this? But this is definitely
> interesting for OpenStreetMap.
>
>> "x. Users must invariably acknowledge the data and web service source and
>> use. The source of the data and service will be cited as described in FAQ
>> Page 'How Do I Acknowledge?'
>
> Definitely. We take attribution seriously anyway.
>
>> "12. Why limited tiles are allowed for download in a day?
>>
>> As per the NRSC open data access policy, the users are allowed to download
>> 20 tiles (10x10) per day for Cartosat1-DEM 20 tiles (10x10) per day for
>> AWiFS and 20 tiles 15'x15' perday for LISS-III for an effective user and
>> bandwidth management at server end.
>
> This is clearly a bottleneck. Also we should probably not depend on
> NRSC's infrastructure while opening this in OpenStreetMap. Unsure how
> reliable it is going to be.
>
> Shekhar - what do you think our next step is?
> I'm sending this to couple of contacts at the Indian Institute of
> Remote Sensing and see what they think.
>
> Cheers,
> Sajjad.
>
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