[Talk-tr] HGK source

[Paul Norman]

> From: H. Can Ünen [mailto:can.unen at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:39 AM
> Subject: RE: [Talk-tr] HGK source
> 
> Paul,
> 
> We couldn't find the terms of the gazetteer on the website. The terms
> were about the printed maps that you "buy" from HGK.
> 
> If you find the terms elsewhere, please share it with us. This is why we
> are trying to get an answer from the UN about the use of the gazetteer.
> And the gazetteer is for public use, as far as know, to achieve
> standardization on place names.

http://www.hgk.msb.gov.tr/urunler/diger/gazetteer.html includes a link to 
a metadata file. This includes the statement that 

> User acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain 
> proprietary and confidential property of GCM. The Data and Related
Materials 
> are owned by GCM and are protected by Turkish copyright laws and
applicable 
> international copyright treaties and/or conventions

It does not give permission to redistribute.

> HGK is not a valid source, we know. But there has been an error on the
> source. Source of the data is not HGK maps, but the gazetteer that is
> provided by HGK. So we should change the source field of the data to
> national gazetteer instead of deleting them.

If it is a HGK map or a HGK gazetteer does not change the fact that
permission 
from HGK or a license HGK is required, and we have neither.