[Talk-us-massachusetts] Talk-us-massachusetts Digest, Vol 22, Issue 5

[Yury Yatsynovich]

Here is a pdf file with my request to MassGIS and their response

On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 1:02 PM, Jason Remillard <remillard.jason at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Yury,
>
> Importing MassGIS address data is something will hopefully eventually
> happen. However, It hasn't been done yet because it is a really big
> project, but If you are interested in this project I would start with
> licensing.
>
> The last attempt at importing addresses just for Boston was hung up on the
> licensing step.
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ryebread/diary/38364
>
> The MassGIS address data uses the Creative Commons Attribution License
> (cc-by).
>
> OSM people have looked at importing cc-by data into osm, and have
> concluded that we need to ask permission.
>
> https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/03/17/use-of-cc-by-data/
>
> They suggest using this template https://drive.google.com/file/d/
> 0B3PN5zfbzThqeTdWR1l3SzJVcTg/view to write a letter to get permission to
> do the import.
>
> A couple of years ago, the MassGIS data was in the public domain, they
> changed the license, so we probably can't do anything with new MssGIS data
> unless we get the letter signed. If you do write a letter, ask for
> permission for all MassGIS cc-by data, not just the address data. I hope to
> update the OSM MassGIS L3 parcel layer this fall, which will require a
> second letter if we don't get permission for everything.
>
> Perhaps, the email will be good enough. Print it to a pdf and share it
> with the group. Perhaps, we can upload your email to the OSM wiki, and use
> that.
>
> Jason
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> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Yury Yatsynovich <
> yury.yatsynovich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings!
>> It was me who started the topic on importing MA addresses on the forum.
>> Originally from Belarus, I'm currently residing in Malden, MA (so, might be
>> considered somewhat local:)).
>> I've contacted MassGIS about the possibility to import address points
>> from their data to OSM and received their permission (as I mentioned in the
>> thread on the forum).
>> Best, Yury
>>
>>
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Yury Yatsynovich
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