[Talk-us-massachusetts] 2019 Orthophotos are here!

[Andy Anderson]

“No restrictions” and “Creative Commons Attribution” are not just strange but contradictory.

I would argue that it is a creative work, it’s not just auto-generated but requires substantial human judgement as the linked description
reveals.

— Andy

> On Feb 18, 2020, at 5:47 PM, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:
> 
> https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-usgs-color-ortho-imagery-2019
> 
> Strangely, it says both:
> 
>  Use and Restrictions
> 
>  No restrictions apply to these data. However, users should be aware that
>  temporal changes may have occurred since this dataset was collected and
>  that some parts of these data may no longer represent actual surface
>  conditions. Users should not use these data for critical applications
>  without a full awareness of their limitations. Acknowledgement of
>  MassGIS would be appreciated for products derived from these data.
> 
> which sounds very nice and:
> 
>  License	Creative Commons Attribution
> 
> which is a bit strange (especially for something that is arguably not a
> creative work).
> 
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