[OSM-talk] Use of OSM data without attribution

[Mike Thompson]

Steve,

Thanks for the confirmation that the attribution is missing.  I will let
you, and the rest of the list, know if and when I hear from them.

Mike

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 3:51 PM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> Thanks very much you two:  I've often meant to do something about
> alltrails' seeming / actual lack of attribution to OSM (if it exists, I
> haven't found it either) and something always seems to creep up and prevent
> me from taking action.  These are most assuredly "our" (OSM's / mine,
> others in OSM) data.  Yea:  let's get this ball rolling and a proper OSM
> attribution!
>
> SteveA
> California
>
> > On Aug 19, 2020, at 2:44 PM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
> wrote:
> > Hey Mike,
> > They definitely mention OSM, even call us a partner [1] but like you
> found their basemap is definitely OSM. Instead of suggesting their users
> edit OSM, they instead instruct them to email data at openstreetmap.org,
> >
> > All Trails is located in SF but I couldn't find any listing of a
> leadership team.
> >
> > Do you want to ask on Slack? Someone there might have a connection.
> >
> >
> > [1]
> https://support.alltrails.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018930672-How-do-I-update-or-change-information-about-a-trail-
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:03 PM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Has anyone tried contacting the AllTrails[0] people about their use of
> OSM without attribution?  I am not talking about the "OSM Map Layer" that
> they offer, but rather the default "AllTrails Map Layer."  At the very
> least it appears that the trails on that layer come from OSM.  I know that
> because I have entered some rather obscure informal trails in OSMe, and
> they show up in AllTrails just as I entered them in OSM.
> > Mike
> >
> > [0] https://www.alltrails.com/ (in the search box enter the name of a
> trail, park, or city to see their map.)
> <remainder redacted>
>
>
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