[Talk-us] osm data on boston.com, perhaps, definitely not atttributed

[Evin Fairchild]

Seems like this is something that really needs to be fixed. It sure seems
dumb that there no attribution to OSM when you embed an OSM map on another
webpage.

-Compdude


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Tod Fitch <tod at fitchdesign.com> wrote:

> I've changed a web page from using an embedded Google map using the
> "Share" with "HTML" option from http://www.openstreetmap.org/ having
> selected the tiles to be from Mapquest and found that it embeds exactly
> like that, without the OSM attribution. Seems like if you do it from OSM
> the attribution should just be there.
>
> For example, plop this into a web page and look to see what you get:
>
> <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"
> marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=-119.1426,34.7812,-119.0945,34.8394&layer=mapquest&marker=34.81261,-119.12715"
> style="border: 1px solid black">
> </iframe>
>
> I guess I could futz with the HTML and setup my own server to be in the
> middle and have it add the attribution but that is way more than you can
> expect the average user to do.
>
> -Tod
>
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> >
> > Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com> writes:
> >
> >>
> http://www.boston.com/yourtown/specials/truck_crashes_storrow_memorial_drive/
> >>
> >> The data looks like osm, and zooming in near Kendall Square and MGH
> >> certainly makes it look like OSM.
> >>
> >> Compare page 3 with:
> >>
> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/42.36197/-71.07089&layers=N
> >
> > I talked with someone at boston.com/globe.com, and now there is
> > attribution.  Apparently this is tricky because people use mapquest open
> > tiles without realizing that they have to attribute osm when doing so.
> > This case was fixed within hours of being pointed out, which is great.
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