[Talk-us] Integrating our open source data into OSM

[Dave Swarthout]

FWIW, I checked the positional accuracy for a few of the Cybo POIs in my
town of Homer, Alaska and some of them were close to reality and some not.
Any use of this data in my area will require extensive ground checking.

This concern may turn out to be academic because in looking through the
data the name Google pops up everywhere, as others have noted. I'll wait to
see how the licensing considerations go before doing anything else with it.

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Michael Patrick <geodesy99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Cybo "Terms of Use" page at https://yellowpages.cybo.com/terms/ specifically
> mentions Google ...
>
> "This information is not to be reused for public display." and "We use
> various Google services or API's (e.g. Google Maps API). By using our
> services you are bound by Google's Terms of Service
> <https://www.google.com/policies/terms/>."
>
> Google itself is an aggregator, and licenses it's data from many, many
> providers. Which is why their ToCs are very restrictive. But even some of
> the 'Open Source' friends on https://yellowpages.cybo.com/friends/
> providing spatial data are problematical - I seem to recall a discussion of
> compatibility between OdbL and the Creative Commons flavors and Wikipedia.
>
> Probably easier to ask what portion of the Cybo data is contributed by
> individuals, and under what terms.
>
> Michael Patrick
>
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Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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