[OSM-talk] Google Street View copyright question

[Anthony]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Actually, there is some other, more practical arguments why such
> checking isn't healthy thing to do. First of all, it's still just
> another source, not field check. Second, it is quite interesting what
> happens when you *check* that name of the street you wrote down is
> wrong. Can you write down name in Google Street View? I guess it is
> copying. Fact copying, but nevertheless. Fact copying en masse =
> "substantial extraction". So it is still if you find name wrong, you
> theoretically can't copy name from GSV and still have to go outside
> and check it yourself. So it's a little self-defeating.


If the fact is binary (can turn left/can't turn left), then checking is
equal to copying, right?

It'd definitely help when turning a single Tiger way into a dual
carriageway, to be able to use Google Street View rather than finding
someone willing to drive me around while I take pictures of every
intersection, or, I guess more realistically, just zooming in on the Yahoo
aerial and guessing.
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