[OSM-np] VDCs in OSM

Mon Aug 5 04:05:10 UTC 2013

Thanks for the note Kate. The link ISO
19115<http://maps.worldbank.org/overlays/3238.iso>
under "Metadata" on the right is copied below, and links the CC license to
this dataset quite directly. So I think we are okay on the CC-BY-3.0.

Do you have any recommendations as to how actually to put up data like this
into OSM? Any things we should take note of, based on historical precedence?

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____ DRAFT ___
Metadata Version: 0.1
MD_Metadata > MD_Identification.citation > CI_Citation.title: Nepal
VDC Boundary, Geoname
MD_Metadata > DQ_DataQuality > LI_Lineage.statement:
MD_Metadata > MD_DataIdentification.topicCategory:
2011,bank,boundary,geoname,nepal,vdc,world
MD_Metadata > MD_Identification.abstract:Nepal VDC Boundary, Admin
level 4 with Geoname ids, World Bank, Nepal, 2011
MD_Metadata > CI_ResponsibleParty:  |  |
MD_Metadata.dateStamp: 2011-06-22 16:00:00 UTC
MD_Metadata > MD_Distribution > MD_Format.name: AVSHP,KML,CSV
MD_Metadata.language: en
MD_Metadata > MD_Distribution > MD_DigitalTransferOption.onLine >
CI_OnlineResource: maps.worldbank.org/overlays/3238.iso
Use Constraints: This data is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:

> 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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US mobile: +1 347 948 7654
twitter/skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp
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