[OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import?

[Russ Nelson]

On May 6, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote:

>
> Russ Nelson wrote:
>> What work or creativity did Google do towards the existence of
>> that particular point?
>
> Google's imagery suppliers collected and rectified the imagery. "For  
> over a
> hundred years, English courts have held that a significant  
> expenditure of
> labour is sufficient" - that's, er, Wikipedia saying that. If they'd
> rectified them differently, your 14 digits would be different.

True, but now you're putting yourself into the ridiculous situation of  
claiming that every possible set of coordinates infringes Google's  
copyright.
>
> "Openstreetmap is about gathering map data and sharing it. Some  
> people seem
> desperate to import data from anywhere. GATHER IT YOURSELF."


The problem is that people say "Why should I have to repeat this  
work?  It's already been done.  Why can't we just import it?"
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