[OSM-talk] Visually detect missing roads

[Stephan Knauss]

Hello Bryce,

On 11.09.2014 08:26, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> All contributors should keep in mind the terms of service for Google
> maps, OSM,
> and copyright laws in general.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright_Easter_Eggs

This is one of the general rules in OSM that we don't copy from other maps.

All these map-compare services including mine just point you to an area 
which needs more love. They are very within the bounds of the TOS of the 
individual services.

The actual data is coming from a different source. With the availability 
of Bing and Mapbox aerial (satellite) imagery in these days mostly from 
them. Still GPS tracks are quite useful as well.

The editors do contain special code to prevent you from loading for 
example google maps into the editor to copy from them. The API does as 
well deliver a "blacklist" of sources not allowed to trace from so the 
list can be centrally maintained.

Stephan