John F. Eldredge writes:
Note that there is a long tradition of encyclopedias, maps, and
other copyrighted sources deliberately including some bogus facts
as a way of detecting plagiarism. These bogus facts don't exist in
real life, only in the copyrighted document, so having them show up
Note that there is a long tradition of encyclopedias, maps, and other
copyrighted sources deliberately including some bogus facts as a way of
detecting plagiarism. These bogus facts don't exist in real life, only in the
copyrighted document, so having them show up in a competing document proves
Russ Nelson writes:
There are maps which are canonical sources of facts about the world,
such as a BNSF map naming subdivisions. No one can own a fact about
the world, because it's a fact. Just like you can't patent math. Same
idea. You can copyright a collection of facts. You can copyright the
Simon Poole writes:
Am 02.04.2015 um 05:20 schrieb Russ Nelson:
Maps with insufficient creative content to be
copyrightable.
They may exist, but are you seriously saying that we (as in individual
mappers and the OSM community as a whole) should make that determination?
No, that
Am 02.04.2015 um 05:20 schrieb Russ Nelson:
...
April Fools! Yes, you can. There are many kinds of public domain maps
whose republication needs no license. For example, in the US all maps
published before the magic date, whatever year it is we're up to
now. Maps copyrighted but not renewed.
Hi everybody!
Let's tone down this thread a bit and bring it back on topic.
Thanks!
Ian
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Paul Norman writes:
Without some kind of license giving permission, you cannot use other
maps with OSM.
April Fools! Yes, you can. There are many kinds of public domain maps
whose republication needs no license. For example, in the US all maps
published before the magic date, whatever year
Hi SteveA,
I see that you have summarized the a lot of the same information from your
email on the United States Railways wiki page:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States_railways
Looking through Paul's comments and yours, I don't see any specific
information about
Paul, I did notice that map seemed to be free of copyright and said
so on list. I very much appreciate this reminder: don't other-map
into OSM. True.
Like I said, be careful. That goes for me, too. Good thing I was,
and generally am.
Regards,
Steve
Nathan P writes:
Keep me updated from Washington State. I work for a Railroad.
Nathan, I believe a worthy method to keep updated is via a
statewide wiki. I am an active (obsessive?!) contributor to the
California/Railroads wiki, and there is also a Montana/Railroads wiki
(not touched in
Peter Dobratz writes:
I don't see any specific information about exactly how one would go
about identifying specific railways in Oregon so that they could be
added to relations.
Yes, Peter: I did that on purpose because I want to encourage OSM
mappers to develop their own methods for
On 3/31/2015 11:02 AM, stevea wrote:
Part of the reason I do this is because other places you might
discover these data (subdivision names) are maps published by the
rail corporations. But, be careful. For example, I have found that
when I go to Union Pacific's web site to get a page that
On 3/31/15 4:58 PM, Paul Norman wrote:
On 3/31/2015 11:02 AM, stevea wrote:
Part of the reason I do this is because other places you might
discover these data (subdivision names) are maps published by the
rail corporations. But, be careful. For example, I have found that
when I go to Union
Keep me updated from Washington State. I work for a Railroad.
Nathan P
email: natf...@gmail.com
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com wrote:
stevea writes:
I have run into devotees of old_railway_operator=* and respect the
tag by leaving it be where I encounter
stevea writes:
I have run into devotees of old_railway_operator=* and respect the
tag by leaving it be where I encounter it, though I don't go out of
my way to add it unless I have absolute positive knowledge of it
(rarely to never).
Yeah, it's an NE2 thing which he added automatically
Hello Peter:
The California/Rail wiki page you describe documents a couple of
different ways we tag rail. OpenRailwayMap (ORM) documents a three
tier (route=tracks, route=railway, route=train) method used in parts
of Germany. As that page (as well as the USA Rail WikiProject)
explain(s),
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
Portland also needs help. Seems whenever the map gets fixed, someone goes
through and stomps the name back to something incorrect like Metropolitan
Area Express or Portland Streetcar instead of the subdivision name, and
Speaking of rail mapping: I noticed something that could use some
attention. The key old_railway_operator=* is used ~90K times, but almost
entirely in the US. [1] It has a *really* minimal wiki page. [2] And I
don't see it mentioned on the main Railways page [3] or the US Railways
project page
Speaking of rail mapping: I noticed something that could use some
attention. The key old_railway_operator=* is used ~90K times, but
almost entirely in the US. [1] It has a *really* minimal wiki page.
[2] And I don't see it mentioned on the main Railways page [3] or
the US Railways project page
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:56:29PM -0700, stevea wrote:
Especially if you are a railfan in California, please have a look. Or, if
you are a rail enthusiast in another state, and want a template with which
to jump-start better OSM rail completion
http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/California/Railroads now documents an early
alpha state of OSM rail in California.
Especially if you are a railfan in California, please have a look.
Or, if you are a rail enthusiast in another state, and want a
template with which to jump-start better OSM rail
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