You know, rather than thinking about automatically importing any of their data into OSM, my intuition is that given the concerns about OS copyright, plus how much OSMers enjoy mapping new features, I'd suggest using their data to create a web feed of "Hot new roads for mappers to go and survey!" - I bet they'd all be mapped within a week ;)
Dan 2014-07-03 18:41 GMT+01:00 John Baker <rovas...@hotmail.com>: > > Yeah I know we are pretty good at adding them. But this discussion started > with the HA because there were roads that were not on OSM. > > It was this project that he was working on. > http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid/ > > So I personally added this in a rough way based on the descriptions from him > who was on site at the time and the plans that were there (I didn't trace > them just looked at them). > > I don't (for a change) want to get into conversation about tracing imagery > vs. doing it by hand. The point is what can we use. > > My thought were that if there plans were based on the OS streetview (rather > than the more detailed ones) then we could use them. > > >> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 18:23:34 +0100 >> From: o...@raggedred.net >> To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > >> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM >> >> On 03/07/14 17:51, John Baker wrote: >> > The first thing I am worried about is the copyright of the various >> > plans. Some/many seem to be derived from OS maps. >> >> A legitimate concern. >> > >> > Now I am no expert on the copyright situation here and dialogue is >> > difficult they know little about OSM really. He just said we release >> > the plans and they are public domain..... >> >> There is no mechanism in the UK for a body like the Highways Agency to >> release data as PD. That is a mechanism used in countries like the US. >> In the UK the info would have to be licensed using a specific licence, >> such as the Open Government Licence. If the plans are based on OS maps >> then OS would have to agree to release this, according to OS's >> interpretation of copyright law. OS probably will not agree to this, but >> it is worth asking :-). >> >> Without a suitably agreed licence we cannot trace such plans into OSM. >> You could visit the site and get GPS traces & photos to add such works >> to OSM, which is usually what happens as soon as a new road gets opened. >> >> I'd be interested if the Highway's Agency have opened new roads and they >> are not included in OSM very soon after. That seems to me to be >> something we are pretty good at. >> >> -- >> Cheers, Chris >> user: chillly >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
