[OSM-talk] (no subject)

[David Earl]

Most websites will give the terms under which content can be used, and 
these are no exception - they can't! At least not with negotiation with 
the vendors to permit CCbySA licensing.

For example, under Important Notices the first two sites say:

"The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright 
Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international 
agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source 
and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials 
without written permission."

and in the second two, the user guides contain highly restrictive 
licence agreements.

It is very unusual to find a source of map data that is not copyright 
and can just be used. Doesn't mean its not worth exploring with the 
authorities to see it an agreement can be reached, but just grabbing 
someone else's data is almost never going to work.

There's also already an ongoing project to import data for Canada which 
has been agreed after negotiation.

David


On 20/05/2009 23:37, Ben Dauphinee wrote:
> I have found a lot of sources of map data after having a chat with the 
> GIS guy at my workplace. I am curious if anyone can offer some 
> suggestions or help me determine if this data can be imported to OSM. If 
> so, can anyone help out getting this done?
> 
> DNRE
> 
> http://ess.nrcan.gc.ca/mapcar/index_e.php
> 
> http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/product/search.do?id=8147
> 
>  
> 
> SNB
> 
> http://www.snb.ca/gdam-igec/e/2900e_1.asp
> 
> http://www.snb.ca/gdam-igec/e/2900e_1c.asp
> 
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