[Talk-ko] Questionable imagery

[Changwoo Ryu]

Hello,

The vworld site is running by the government 국토교통부. And you may know,
"export" of government-driven map is a crime in Korea. Any data from
this site should be avoided in OSM.


2017-02-08 0:37 GMT+09:00 Robert Helvie <alimamo at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know this user?
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/%ED%99%A9%EC%9E%AC%EC%8A%B9
>
> It appears that he is new and has added a lot of items recently. I am happy
> to have more local mappers, but I have a big concern.
>
> From his changesets you can see that he is using custom imagery for mapping
> with the iD editor. The concern I have is that it LOOKS LIKE he is pulling
> the imagery from this site: http://map.vworld.kr/map/wcmaps.do# (pretty
> ingenious, actually). The imagery is much better than Mapbox or Bing, but it
> may not legally be usable with OSM.
>
> Of course my Korean is not good enough to find the supplier for the imagery
> on that website, but I expect the license may not actually be compatible for
> use with OSM. If he is using that imagery to trace items or locate business,
> then he risks adding data to the OSM database that is not compatible and
> could put OSM in jeopardy.
>
> I have just written to him through OSM asking about the imagery and how he
> uses it, but of course my message was in English.
>
> If a Korean speaker could have a look at the website and find out more about
> the imagery and whether or not it is OK to use it with OSM (legally), that
> would help. And/or have a chat with the user, that might also be good.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
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