[OSM-talk] Usage without attribution: US Geological Survey

[Clifford Snow]

Paul,
When I get home later today I'll email a USGS employee I know. He can
probably suggest who I can contact.

Clifford
On Feb 17, 2015 1:32 PM, "Paul Johnson" <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> On the streets layer?  I don't doubt the other layers are lacking proper
> attribution as well.  But OSM is ours.
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Hans De Kryger <hans.dekryger13 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> It looks to me that there using here maps. Around my area it's pretty
>> much dead on with what here maps is shows.
>>
>> *Regards,*
>>
>> *Hans*
>>
>>
>> *http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13
>> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13>*
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Found it here while checking out a nearby earthquake I was notified
>>>>> about...
>>>>> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000tiqz#general_map
>>>>>
>>>>> The "Street" layer of the map is very clearly taking tiles from
>>>>> Mapquest Open (spotted at relatively low zoom over tulsa due to Mapquest
>>>>> lagging months behind on that zoom over parts of I 244 and I 44 which were
>>>>> tagged during major construction operations as recently as last fall in a
>>>>> manner that which that renderer didn't understand, leaving gaps over the
>>>>> Arkansas River on 244 and Midtown Tulsa near Lewis Avenue on I 44);
>>>>> confirmed by zooming in deeper around the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa with
>>>>> a pretty high level of detail of the block the arena is on itself along
>>>>> with a number of city sidewalks from changesets I uploaded in the last
>>>>> week).
>>>>>
>>>>> "Legal" page is 404.  "About Us" doesn't seem to mention anything
>>>>> either.  No attribution on map itself.  Only the "Street" layer appears to
>>>>> be from OSM data.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paul,
>>>> I can verify that the street view is OSM. I added some service roads
>>>> near my house which would normally show on a typical map.
>>>>
>>>> Do you want to contact them?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Apparently, Google decided this message was spam.  I think I trust
>>> someone else to this if possible.
>>>
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