[OSM-talk] Royal Mail Incorrect OSM Usage

[Toby Murray]

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Robert Norris <rw_norris at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I think it's nice that the Royal Mail have chosen to use OSM for the backdrop to their site for Great Britain Golden Postbox listings to celebrate Team GB successes in the current Olympics:
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> http://www.goldpostboxes.com/
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> 1. I think a certain Attribution clause is missing[1]
> 2. I think they are merely pointing to the OSM main tileserver (tile.openstreetmap.org) - this doesn't seem in keeping with the OSM Tile Usage Policy[2]
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> [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
> [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy

First reaction: Make sure everything near those markers is mapped
well! (check for license bot damage?)

I also sent them a friendly tweet. What are the chances that anyone
will see it? :)

Toby