[OSM-talk] Use of "Proprietary" imagery to edit OSM

[Clifford Snow]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 2:59 PM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Concerning this changeset:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/128035436
>
> Changeset comment:
>
> added missing roads according to proprietary aerial imagery
>
> Editing organization's follow on comment:
> "Proprietary" for Lyft meaning "provided to us for use in OSM but not the
> general public"
>
> Is this acceptable?  In my mind it is not as the whole community should
> have access in order to verify and build on these edits.
>
> I look at it as if they were using local knowledge. For example, If I walk
downtown and take pictures of business doors to capture address, name, and
hours for use in updating OSM but don't upload those pics - I consider that
acceptable.

For Lyft to make their imagery public they would have to insure that
nothing private, such as faces, license plates, etc. I'm sure they don't
want the added cost required make them public.

Clifford

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