[OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

Ian Sergeant inas66+osm at gmail.com
Sat Nov 3 20:50:11 GMT 2012


On 04/11/12 07:24, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> Would it be acceptable to use Street View to aid your memory of local 
> knowledge of the ground truth?  Something that's on the tip of your 
> brain and you have actually been there, but can't remember what a 
> specific sign said?
>

Next time, write it down or take a photo.

For now, either get written permission from Google that you can use 
Streetview to populate their main mapping competitor's database, or go 
and check, or wait for someone else to check.

We have decided that we want to be whiter-than-white, and not tiptoe 
through a legal minefield.

Ian.



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