[OSM-np] VDCs in OSM

[Kate Chapman]

Hi Prabhas,

It might make sense to try to check with GeoCommons or the World Bank
about the licensing. Just meaning the CC-BY license is applied
generically to all the data on the website, but that doesn't
necessarily mean that data is that license.

Best,

-Kate



On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Prabhas Pokharel
<prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I just realized that the data that is distributed by GADM.org for
> Nepal contains VDC boundaries (as admin level 4), and is licensed with the
> following note (its in the readme.pdf if you download the data; a copy is
> here):
>
> "Sources Used": FortiusOne Inc. (via WorldBank;
> http://maps.worldbank.org/overlays/3238) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
> License.)
>
> Is this license permissive enough to be used in OSM? Since only attribution
> is required, can we do the attribution via an OSM comment, or perhaps even
> by creating a specific account that is used just to upload this
> information....?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Prabhas Pokharel
> <prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> (OSM-Nepal list.. see the conversation below about putting VDCs of Nepal
>> into OSM).
>>
>> I'll try to see if I can find contacts at UN/OCHA who may have access to
>> the digital files here.
>> In the meantime, if anybody wants, most of the files seem to have been
>> uploaded by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sadalmelik; maybe we can
>> contact him / her?
>>
>> --prabhas
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:50 AM, amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> IT says This work is excerpted from an official document of the United
>>> Nations. The policy of this organisation is to keep most of its documents in
>>> the public domain in order to disseminate "as widely as possible the ideas
>>> (contained) in the United Nations Publications".
>>>
>>> SO maybe we can contact UN for digital format. In its current state i.e.
>>> png format, it is not much helpful. I tried using it as background in JOSM
>>> but i could not idenify the boundaries.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Nama Budhathoki
>>> <namabudhathoki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We will explore this. Thanks for the link.
>>>>
>>>> Nama
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Prabhas Pokharel
>>>> <prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we use these?
>>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:District_VDC_maps_of_Nepal
>>>>> Might be worth seeing if one of these (maybe walking papers style) can
>>>>> be converted to actual boundaries, and going from there....
>>>>>
>>>>> Just noticed that google maps already has village markers for each VDC
>>>>> and Municipality; I think they take centerpoints (or maybe the whole area,
>>>>> I'm not sure).
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Prabhas Pokharel
>>>>> http://prabhasp.com
>>>>> US mobile: +1 347 948 7654
>>>>> twitter/skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>> Nama R. Budhathoki, PhD
>>>> Nepal Lead
>>>> The World Bank's Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI)
>>>>
>>>> Web: http://budhathoki.wordpress.com
>>>> Skype: namabudhathoki
>>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nama_Budhathoki
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Prabhas Pokharel
>> http://prabhasp.com
>> US mobile: +1 347 948 7654
>> twitter/skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp
>
>
>
>
> --
> Prabhas Pokharel
> http://prabhasp.com
> US mobile: +1 347 948 7654
> twitter/skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp
>
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