[OSM-talk] Sourcing street names - what's the policy, and why?

[Peteris Krisjanis]

> But...where do you get the street name from? I think there's a general
> policy that you can't copy it off other maps...but why, exactly? How can a
> piece of information like the name of the street be copyright? Whose
> copyright law are we dealing with, anyway?

In my country it is quite simple - it *must* be verified locally,
because lot of sources are quite buggy and full of errors. Sure,
imports from local gov. sources would help, but they aren't always
available and up to date.

Pēteris.