[OSM-talk] using walking papers where some data may not be used for OSM

[john whelan]

Think of OSM as a tool set.

Use a local copy of OSM and don't upload the changes.  Basically use
something like JOSM to extract the OSM file and save a local copy. Take a
very small area say two inches by two inches with no data in it and download
to new data layer.   Then add in the desired restricted changes with a
suitable tag only to the new layer.   Save it locally.

When you are ready to print or view just load up the two layers and merge
them and save them under a new name.  Fire up Maperitive and point it at the
local merged file.  You can customise the view by adjusting the rules so
things that are important to you get shown on the map.

Cheerio John

On 17 December 2010 02:12, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Below is a possible use-case scenario we are planning to use OSM and
> walking-papers [1].
>
> A rural health organization deploys community health workers to
> monitor household/individual health issues within far flung
> communities.  They want to develop a an internal geospatial dbase of
> its beneficiaries as well as community resources.  The org have very
> limited IT resources and intends to use open source and open data in
> their offline "GIS".
>
> I see the potential of using walking papers as a good facility to
> conduct resource mapping and household monitoring.  They can print out
> wp and annotate the map during field visits.  They can then scan,
> upload and download the rectified scans to update their database using
> QGIS.   The GIS person then updates their own database and maybe add a
> few roads, trails and other community resources in OSM.
>
> Now for my question [2]:
> 1. Some data coming from wp prints will not be included in OSM either
> for privacy or non-relevance to osm data.  Is this OK with the
> existing and future license?
> 2. Because they used wp and osm to extract locations that will be
> related to org database, should it comply with the with the
> share-alike provision?
>
> I appreciate other ideas on how to implement this.
>
> [1] I know that it is possible to do everything in-house (wp and osm
> software are open source anyway), but the organization have very
> limited IT resources.
> [2] Probably in legal list but I'm asking anyway :)
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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