[OSM-talk] komoot wiki on OSM

Yves ycai at mailbox.org
Mon Nov 8 14:29:44 UTC 2021



Le 8 novembre 2021 15:15:12 GMT+01:00, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 5:19 AM Eleonora Balbi via talk <
>talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Thanks for following up!
>>
>> I may have given the wrong impression here by referring to Google
>> streetview. We do not use other sources to contribute to OSM, rather we use
>> them to try to find supporting (or opposing, as the case may be) evidence
>> that backs up an edit request we get from landowners or organisations who
>> contact komoot.
>>
>I am not a lawyer, but the Google terms of service would seem to prohibit
>such use[0]:
>
>*Prohibited Conduct....*
>use Google Maps/Google Earth to create or augment any other mapping-related
>dataset (including a mapping or navigation dataset, business listings
>database, mailing list, or telemarketing list) for use in a service that is
>a substitute for, or a substantially similar service to, Google Maps/Google
>Earth;
>
>
>[0] https://www.google.com/help/terms_maps/

I cannot find on the wiki Ed Pearson's comment stating (from memory, forgive me if I'm wrong) it was OK to use Google Streetview to check an odd detail if this isn't systematic. 
Yves 



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