[OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

andrzej zaborowski balrogg at gmail.com
Sun Nov 4 06:08:19 GMT 2012


On 4 November 2012 02:06, Paul Johnson <baloo en ursamundi.org> wrote:
> 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.

Here's something that Ed Parsons said in an email about Google
StreetView usage in OSM:

> the relevant clause in the terms of service is..
>
> 2(e) use the Products in a manner that gives you or any other person access to mass downloads or bulk feeds of any Content, including but not limited to numerical latitude or longitude coordinates, imagery, and visible map data;
>
> so checking the odd street names is OK.. but every street name I would suggest would represent a bulk feed."

Cheers



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