[Talk-transit] Fwd: Re: OpenStreetMap

[Alexander Jones]

I got this email in response to one that I had sent. It has to do with GTFS 
data that we could possibly use in OSM. As you can see, the company 
responsible for creating the data is supportive of the idea, but noted that it 
is up to the individual transit providers to license the data. Tell me what 
you think.

And I know that OSM isn't a "Wikipedia for mapping", but the differences 
probably aren't significant to people not involved directly with both.

-Alexander


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Subject: Re: OpenStreetMap
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 10:29:45
From: Aaron Antrim <aaron at trilliumtransit.com>
To: Alexander Jones <happy5214 at gmail.com>
CC: Keith Martin <keith_martin at sbcglobal.net>


Hi Alexander,
Thank you for your email.  Trillium does not have rights to license Yuba-
Sutter Transit GTFS data.  Those rights are for the Yuba-Sutter Transit to 
assign.  The agency has chosen to make their data public, however without a 
license: http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agency/yuba-sutter-transit/ 
I'd encourage the data to be integrated with OSM.
Trillium works for many other public transit agencies, most of which have 
public GTFS data.  I'd be happy to encourage those agencies to integrated 
their data in OSM.  Let me know how I can help make this happen.  Competition, 
options, and open data are good for everyone. 
Cheers,
Aaron
-- 
Aaron Antrim
Trillium Solutions, Inc.
www.trilliumtransit.com
Portland, Oregon
503.567.8422


On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:23 AM, Alexander Jones <happy5214 at gmail.com> wrote:

 Hello, my name is Alexander Jones, and I am a member of the volunteer-mapping 
project, OpenStreetMap. Think of as like a Wikipedia for mapping.

I have been in contact with Yuba-Sutter Transit, about the possibility of 
using its/your bus stop data for the OSM project. The Transit Manager there 
told me to contact you about this.

My question is: under what license would you be willing to license your data 
under? Allowable terms would be similar to Wikipedia, in that only freely-
usable data is accepted for inclusion.

This could be a huge opportunity for you, as big names such as FourSquare and 
Apple are making the switch to OpenStreetMap data.

My contact email is happy5214 <at> gmail.com, and I am available anytime 
except for 1200 to 1900 Central Time, when I am actually sleeping.

Thank you,
Alexander Jones




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