[OSM-talk] Contour lines from SRTM-Data in OSM format

[Matt Amos]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Igor Brejc <igor.brejc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, first of all, CycleMap uses the same SRTM data (as far as I know),
> so if the license is an issue, this applies to CycleMap too.
> I haven't been able to find any info directly describing the license of
> SRTM, but, as far as I know, all NASA's products (images, data) are
> "public domain". And since people who generated SRTM void-filled data
> license it under their own terms (and not NASA's), I guess this means
> that the original data has a very permissive license. So we should be in
> the clear ;)

the license for CGIAR's void-filled dataset is here:
http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/SRT_disclaimer.htm

it looks like using the dataset for deriving contours for
non-commercial use is OK as long as the contours (and tiles based on
them) are attributed to CGIAR.

cheers,

matt