[OSM-talk] The long tail - lowest common denominator

[Erik Johansson]

On 7/7/06, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:27:43AM +0100, Andy Robinson wrote:
> > Your list principally covers the use of data contributed to, held in and
> > distributed by OSM. One other point that came up on #OSM IRC yesterday was
> > the need to ensure that OSM can utilise and respect the licence of other
> > available data that would enhance OSM. The TIGER import type data out there.
> > Chris Schmidt was interested in the MassGIS data which has its own licence.
>
> Alternatively, OSM needs to take a position where this data is not
> suitable for upload directly to OSM, and should be stored in a seperate
> repository, possibly also overseen by the OSMF (or possibly by OSGeo, or
> some other similar organization). It's a consideration to make, not a
> requirement.


Well I'm sure there is a market for easy access to extra data. E.g.
things like shoreline inclusion on maps done by openstreetmap, like
IoW[1]. Or perhaps just vector (vmap0?) backdrops for the streets, I
for one would much prefer a vector backdrop over landsat.


[1] IMO the difference between these pictures is remarkable:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:IsleOfWight20060519.png
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Iow_2006-06-06.png