[Talk-us] Obtaining local govt GIS data (was: King County, Washington authorization)

[Jeff Meyer]

I would highly encourage anyone who's pursuing these types of datasets to
not be deterred by these statements & force local authorities to confirm
that this policy is indeed prohibitive. You can ask local authorities if
the data will be opened or if they would release it for use in OSM under a
license that is compatible with OdBL. You never know what people will say.
And, even if you get an answer you don't like, the negative response can be
a good reference for a follow on email to an elected commissioner, mayor,
etc. asking how they view open data and the opportunity for greater public
(yes, including commercial) use of publicly-funded data.

I've started a very lame first draft of an email that could be used to ask
for permission - please add to it, improve it, etc.:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sample_Data_Request

- Jeff


On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Mike N <niceman at att.net> wrote:

> On 12/11/2012 1:49 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>
>> Interested to hear what experiences other mappers have had in other
>> parts of the country.
>>
>
>   My county has virtually the same copyright, and sells a GIS DVD for
> $500.  For the time being, I have given up the idea of any import - the
> biggest gain for me would be addresses, but other than that, not much; I
> don't care about buildings at the moment.
>
>   I am keeping an eye out for any state legislation that might make
> taxpayer-funded GIS data public domain so that I can prod my local
> representatives to support it with confidence.
>
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