[OSM-talk] Okay, this is just cool (Lockport, NY)

[andrzej zaborowski]

On 5 April 2011 22:53, Russ Nelson <nelson en crynwr.com> wrote:
> Richard Weait writes:
>  > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Martijn van Exel <m en rtijn.org> wrote:
>  >
>  > > Out of curiosity: is it considered acceptable to use Google StreetView to
>  > > assist in armchair mapping?
>  >
>  > No.
>
> According to Ed Parsons, it is. As a primary source for all of
> something? No. But as an "assist" as Martijn suggests? Absolutely.

To me Ed Parsons' response doesn't tell us anything we didn't already
know.  It's still kind of a grey area because you can interpret "bulk"
in so many ways -- it's very similar to the signifant and
insignificant extract in the ODbL, it's very difficult to be sure of
anything.

Cheers