[Talk-us] tiff, dwg and nad83

[David Fawcett]

That was my understanding.  

It is difficult to defend the integrity and pedigree of the data behind 'the map' when people continue to use and cite sources like Google that are incompatibly licensed.  

It also makes it tough to call other organizations out when they improperly use OSM data.



On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Charlotte Wolter <techlady at techlady.com>
>> wrote:
>>>         I just separate them out, and look them up on Google or Bing, and
>>> try to move them to their correct locations.
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>> So Google is a legal data source under ODBL?
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> No it is not.  It has never been.  It will not be until explicit
> permission is granted by Google.
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> We do not copy from other maps.
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> with the very limited exception of those maps for which we have
> explicit permission to copy, which must be fully documented in
> advance.