[Openstreetmap] Copyright for the map used in OpenStreetMap

Jon Stockill lists at stockill.net
Mon Jan 2 16:04:56 GMT 2006


On Mon, January 2, 2006 3:07 pm, qqq qqq wrote:
> I am currently working on an application for general
> aviation. In that application I need a map (only showing the coast line,
> no roads, no railroads, no nothing). Can I use the map used in
> OpenStreetMap or is there a copyright issue? Who own that
> map?

If you just need a coasline then the GSHHS dataset is probably ideal.

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html

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