[OSM-talk] Australia has Google Street View!

[Erik Johansson]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Stefan Holst <mail at s-holst.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 11:58 +1000, Joseph Gentle wrote:
>> You can see my beautiful city.
>> http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=-33.911633,151.24054&spn=0.03298,0.065918&z=15&layer=c&cbll=-33.9172,151.226114&panoid=SF1CU5fcTX8XqlKyXRxwog&cbp=1,123.60785767574839,,0,6.094238783200709
>>
>> Good for filling in all the missing street names.
>
> Interesting question. Are we allowed to use street view images for
> mapping (filling in street names, amenities, house numbers) or do we
> need explicit permission like for aerial images?

First of all I have never been able to see the name of a street in my
20 minutes of watching google streetview. But you shoudl be able to
get these things from them:

turn restrictions
stop signs
cycleways
pavements
maxspeed

And since they are facts and not *indexed* in a database so it should be ok.