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

[Charlotte Wolter]

Tod, Evin,

         If you think that, indeed, OSM is being used without an 
attribution, why don't you ask politely that they add it. It probably 
is an oversight. That way, OSM makes another friend. You could even 
offer to provide help (if you have time).

Charlotte


At 01:08 PM 9/4/2013, you wrote:
>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 
><<mailto:tod at fitchdesign.com>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/>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>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 <<mailto:gdt at ir.bbn.com>gdt at ir.bbn.com> writes:
> >
> >> 
> <http://www.boston.com/yourtown/specials/truck_crashes_storrow_memorial_drive/>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>http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/42.36197/-71.07089&layers=N
> >
> > I talked with someone at 
> <http://boston.com/globe.com>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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