[Talk-us] Community Involvement

[Dale Puch]

No not all states, or counties have the same data policies.  Generally they
are, but Rarely clearly state so.  All have to be asked individually if you
want to be on the safe side.  Specifically I think Michigan state data is
NOT public domain.  Others charge for the getting the data, but are open for
copy/use with attribution.  I have also run into the original data being
open, but not directly available and the data clearinghouse then puts their
own restrictions on the use.  I'm not sure that is actually valid legally...

Anyhow, yea it is a mess.  And if you do get a response that the data is
public domain, or requires attribution...  The best I have come up with was
to post the info to the wiki including the e-mail response in the discussion
page.

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Dale Puch


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Toby Murray <toby.murray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My thoughts about OSM US:
> >
> > I don't know if you will have resources for this but it would be nice
> > to have some legally authoritative information when dealing with
> > potential government data sources. Since copyright laws vary by
> > country this seems like a good thing for a national chapter to deal
> > with.
> >
> > Maybe even at the state level. I found out (by asking) that the Kansas
> > DoT considers all the maps on their website to be in the public domain
> > so they are all usable in OSM. Is this the case in other states? I'm
> > not suggesting that OSM US start trying to contact state government
> > divisions in all 50 states but perhaps there could be some suggestions
> > on how to initiate contact with a government agency.  What about the
> > impact of the Santa Clara county lawsuit back in 2009? Are there any
> > parts of that decision that could be used as a precedent in other
> > jurisdictions? My county is pretty awesome in that they gave me
> > permission to use their 6" aerial imagery for tracing but when I asked
> > the county next door, I was told that they charge for all their GIS
> > data, end of story.
> >
>
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