[Talk-us] Importing County Data

[Mike Thompson]

First, thanks for your interest in making OSM better, and for posting to
the official list about your plans.  In general, this sounds like a good
idea.

Regarding the license, this is what I am seeing:
"No person shall sell, give, reproduce, or receive for the purpose of
selling or offering for sale, any portion of the data provided herein...
"

I am not sure that this is compatible with ODbL.

Mike



On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 5:54 PM Mike N <niceman at att.net> wrote:

> Interesting ... they do set a "Custom license" on the roads and address
> that does not exclude OSM usage.   That might be acceptable when
> combined with the Email.
>
>    Mike
>
> On 12/17/2021 7:41 PM, Steven W wrote:
> > That was one of my concerns as well. This is the response I got from
> asking about that:
> > "We have no licensing restrictions or guarantees on our data found on
> our Open Data Site. (https://opendata-linncounty-gis.opendata.arcgis.com/)
> Feel free to use however you want to use it.  The more that have access or
> use for it the better in our thought process.
> >
> > We do not update any planimetric data or topo data on a set schedule,
> but most other layers are updated nightly."
> >
> > I'm not certain if that should be interpreted as 'unlicensed' or
> something else, and if that would cause any issues on the OSM side.
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >
> > On Friday, December 17th, 2021 at 6:29 PM, Mike N <niceman at att.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> One thing to check is for a compatible license. For example there are
> >>
> >> 2 counties near me with "open data" - that is, data freely available for
> >>
> >> download from the ESRI data portal. However I cannot use the data
> >>
> >> because there is no license specified. I tried to talk one of them
> >>
> >> through how to set the an "Open data commons" license over the phone,
> >>
> >> but we couldn't find the setting.
> >>
> >> If their license is not compatible, it is also acceptable for them
> >>
> >> to issue a waiver to allow use in OSM, but in practice this is difficult
> >>
> >> to obtain.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> On 12/17/2021 6:17 PM, Steven W via Talk-us wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully this is the right place to ask, otherwise please direct me
> >>>
> >>> elsewhere as I've never done this before.
> >>>
> >>> I asked about this on reddit and was directed here. I've found that
> many
> >>>
> >>> US county assessor maps are open data (and at the very least I've
> >>>
> >>> confirmed that my county is) and I'd like to import building outlines
> >>>
> >>> and addresses to OSM. My current ideal plan would be to import the data
> >>>
> >>> into JOSM, remove duplicates with current OSM data taking precedence
> and
> >>>
> >>> resolve other warned/errors that crop up, then import.
> >>>
> >>> My main blind spots are scripting since it's such a large area, and
> >>>
> >>> proper due process (which I will say is nicely outlined in the wiki
> >>>
> >>> (which I've been looking at here
> >>>
> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines))
> >>>
> >>> Here is the reddit post with about the same amount of detail:
> >>>
> >>>
> https://old.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/rimngy/importing_county_data/
> >>>
> >>>
> https://old.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/rimngy/importing_county_data/
> >>>
> >>> Any thoughts, suggestions, or other ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>
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