[OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Sun Nov 4 01:06:50 GMT 2012


On Saturday, November 3, 2012, Ian Sergeant wrote:

> 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.
>

I understand that, but I mean as a memory aid for places you have actually
been to.
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