[Openstreetmap] Coders needed for similar project & UK FOI actrequest update.

[Richard Fairhurst]

On 9 Nov 2005, at 23:45, Clive Galway wrote:

> Are you serious ??
> If I obtain lat/lng cords from my GPS unit and punch those in to my
> program, it will overlay them on a google map. Does google in any way
> own that data ? No. In my system, you can just as easily click a point
> on the map to add a location just as easily. When you submit a point 
> and
> add it to the database there is no way to tell whether it came from a
> gps unit or you clicked on the map - all that is stored in my database
> is the latitude and longitude.

Clicking on the map creates a derived work.

Typing in a GPS-sourced point doesn't.

Since you don't provide any UI for users to type in a lat/long or 
easting/northing numerically, a lawyer will, very reasonably, assume 
that at least some of your points came from clicking on the map.

We've been through this countless times now... you're not the first. :(

Richard