On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 01:12:16AM +0200, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > Really, I am not worried about data integration, but getting data. It > does not bother me that other people cannot just take my work and use > it under a different license. My purpose in creating a map is just > that, to create a map, to share it, to work with others to create a > good map. > > Integration with other maps is not the purpose or the goal.
I think this is a really narrow-minded stand. Many things, especially in the IT sphere, found their use far beyond those intended by the original authors or inventors. Limiting the access to the information to merely "getting the map" makes it just a bit more open than conventional paper maps. Want an example of a use case DB integration? Consider flight simulators. It would be good to have scenery generated by combining data from OSM with data with satellite photos, models of buildings, altitude data. Brushing away integration with other databases makes the possibility of having a single download of free scenery for free flight sims combining all that data a lot less feasible. Albertas _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
