[OSM-talk] Foursquare superusers encouraged to directly edit OSM

[Lester Caine]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>         is there a way to share foursqure data with osm? Do foursquare users
>         release all
>         right to entered data to forusquare? If so, then foursquare could (if they
>         decided so) release that data to OSM community, right?

>     ?
>     "which leads directly to OpenStreetMap’s web editor at the right location,
>     where they can join OSM and make updates"
>     They are being signed up directly to OSM ...

> yes, but Valent's question is still interesting: it would be great to have
> foursquares data released under ODbL or provided with explicit permission to
> import into osm (but I doubt they are planning to do so in the next time, in the
> end besides their community the data is their asset).

But we don't want the 'extras' that foursquare add actually on the map. The 
locations they are directing to need to be on the map and that should be already 
available data? What am I missing here :) All of the searches I've pulled up 
appear in the base map. Foursquare are the sort of third party use that 
dovetails in nicely - not that I actually use it ...

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