[OSM-talk] Google Street View copyright question

[David Muir Sharnoff]

Has anyone set a letter to Google's legal department asking for
clarification or permission?
-Dave

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Anthony<osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> 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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