[Talk-us] [Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] Draft proposal for import of New York State GIS SAM Address Points

[Mark Wagner]

On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 15:02:54 -0800
stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> We can also take heart that all data published at the federal level
> by the US government (unless they are "classified," as in military
> secrets) are also public domain, so, also open to OSM under our ODbL.

*New York Times v. United States* established that classified
information is also in the public domain.  If you can get a copy of the
latest spy-satellite imagery for a place, you can freely use it for
mapping, although the person who leaked it to you could be in a whole
lot of trouble.

-- 
Mark