On 4 November 2012 02:06, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > On Saturday, November 3, 2012, Ian Sergeant wrote: >> >> On 04/11/12 07:24, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> >>> >>> Would it be acceptable to use Street View to aid your memory of local >>> knowledge of the ground truth? Something that's on the tip of your brain >>> and you have actually been there, but can't remember what a specific sign >>> said? >>> >> >> Next time, write it down or take a photo. >> >> For now, either get written permission from Google that you can use >> Streetview to populate their main mapping competitor's database, or go and >> check, or wait for someone else to check. >> >> We have decided that we want to be whiter-than-white, and not tiptoe >> through a legal minefield. > > > I understand that, but I mean as a memory aid for places you have actually > been to.
Here's something that Ed Parsons said in an email about Google StreetView usage in OSM: > the relevant clause in the terms of service is.. > > 2(e) use the Products in a manner that gives you or any other person access > to mass downloads or bulk feeds of any Content, including but not limited to > numerical latitude or longitude coordinates, imagery, and visible map data; > > so checking the odd street names is OK.. but every street name I would > suggest would represent a bulk feed." Cheers _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
