Well done. Thanks for following it up. - Ben Kelley On 25 Jul 2013 16:19, "Alex Sims" <a...@softgrow.com> wrote:
> I've now obtained permission and recorded it at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#South_Australian_Government_data > > This is really very helpful as it allows: > * at least a first pass for filling in "nonames" roads > * geo-referencing Bing photos against property boundaries at least near > the CBD > * accurate Local Government and Suburb boundaries as opposed to ABS > approximations > * more bike lanes, playgrounds, fire stations, ambulance stations etc. to > be included > > I followed a similar path to what was used for data.gov.au, and would > comment that the day to write seeking permission/clarification is today as > it takes a while, but the outcome is worth it. > > Anyway I'm excited and quite pleased, just wish I had more time for > mapping. > > Alex > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [talk-au] data.sa.gov.au > Date: > Sat, 25 May 2013 21:35:55 +0930 From: Alex Sims > <a...@softgrow.com><a...@softgrow.com> To: > talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > I'm just writing an email now to seek a similar agreement for > sa.data.gov.au as for data.gov.au > > Alex > > On 25/05/2013 5:23 PM, Paul Norman wrote: > > The only issue with CC BY is that some data owners believe that > attribution “reasonable to the medium” is more than the ODbL guarantees > which allows “notices in a location … where users would be likely to look > for it” such as a wiki page linked from /copyright or in the case of > produced works, a “notice … reasonably calculated to make [anyone] aware > that Content was obtained from the Database” (The “Database” in that quote > would be what was provided under CC BY).**** > > ** ** > > Some cities releasing data as CC BY insisted that only mention on any page > where the map was viewed was reasonable, which is clearly unreasonable when > there can be dozens of sources on one page, or even hundreds.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ian Sergeant [mailto:inas66+...@gmail.com <inas66+...@gmail.com>] > *Sent:* Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:09 AM > *To:* Daniel O'Connor > *Cc:* talk-au@openstreetmap.org > *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] data.sa.gov.au**** > > ** ** > > Hi Daniel, > > The first step should be to find out if they are willing to have their > data relicenced under our licence? > > CC-BY data is nice, and means that the data owner is likely only seeking > attribution (which we do provide) but my understanding is that it is still > insufficient for us to use without further permission from the data owner. > Pointers to our attribution page have worked in the past in gaining such > permission. > > Ian.**** > > On 24 May 2013 18:58, Daniel O'Connor <daniel.ocon...@gmail.com> wrote:*** > * > > The SA govt has joined many of the other state/local governments in > publishing open data. **** > > ** ** > > The current implementation is powered by CKAN, and though I haven't seen > it yet, appears to be leveraging openstreetmap / cloudmade in some fashion. > **** > > ** ** > > Anyway, the majority of the data sets are CC-A licensed, and in either CSV > or Shapefile format:**** > > ** ** > > Some initial things that might be worth importing/using as a > reference/looking into:**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/major-and-minor-roads**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/library-locations**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/parks-and-reserves**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/sa-playgrounds**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/stormwater-nodes**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/surface-water-catchments**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/suburb-boundaries**** > > and of course:**** > > http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/centrelink-office-locations**** > > ** ** > > Not sure how much overlap with data.gov.au data sets (assume some).**** > > ** ** > > Anyone want to have a look around and**** > > 1) Call out the things you think are missing**** > > 2) Call out the things you'd want to have imported or manually transcribed > into open street map**** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >
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