[Talk-in] Id editor on Bhuvan

[Sajjad Anwar]

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Shekhar Krishnan <shekhar at topomancy.com> wrote:
> Sajjad:
>
> When you say "we" in your replies below it is not clear to whom you refer.

When I say we, I mean the OpenStreetMap community.

>
> 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.

Well, the foundation does exist.
Does this mean everyone creates an account on Bhuvan before starting
to trace in OpenStreetMap? I'm still not clear how this could work.
Might make sense to ask others. Paul, Mikel - do you have thoughts?

>
> 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.

Of course we will. As soon as I hear back from the folks at IIRS who
are involved in NRSC. Will keep you posted.
I'm asking if they can join the mailing list. To trace in
OpenStreetMap, continuously, we'll some sort of formal agreement than
what the policy covers right now.
Unsure if this is separate from what HBSCE-TIFR is planning.

>
> 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.

Hmm, 20 tiles a day is not going to work. This is going to be high
traffic. And it does require reliable infrastructure. Worthwhile to
consider how we can support Bhuvan on this.
Also, few imagery are not in web mercator, those will have to be reprojected.

Cheers,
Sajjad.