You and Alexandre are correct that Google does not (usually) allow you to use their data off of their platform. According to Google's Terms, you usually cannot use just the data and not the tile server. Google does, however, make exceptions for paying customers.
Mapbox also has a whitelabling option for customers to remove the logo from Mapbox tiles. But again, we're talking about the tile service. It would be quite reasonable for OSM to add a logo to the OSM tiles and make keeping that logo on there a condition of using OSM tiles. Separately, it *is* possible to use certain Mapbox data without using Mapbox tiles. Mapbox employees have contributed to OSM for years. That data belongs to Mapbox but is shared with the world through OSM and ODbL. Attribution for that doesn't appear on-map unless the user is also using Mapbox tiles. The key difference between data and tiles is that one can use hundreds of data sources in one map, but only one or a handful of service providers for tiles, geocoding, etc. Both user expectations and reasonableness depend on context. -Kathleen On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 5:01 AM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am Mi., 29. Apr. 2020 um 04:05 Uhr schrieb Kathleen Lu < > kathleen...@mapbox.com>: > >> I absolutely agree that looking at industry standard seems a good >> indication of what is reasonable. >> ...After researching this question, I found no commercial data provider >> that required data attribution as prominently as the FAQ suggests. Industry >> standard would suggest a *much* less strict interpretation of what is >> "reasonable" under the ODbL. >> > > > > I do have an example that comes to mind: imagine you use Google Geocoding. > This obligates you to use the results in the Google ecosystem, and this has > the requirement to display a Google logo on the map. > Another example would maybe be mapbox? If you use data they have > transformed, you will have to put a mapbox logo on the screen. > > Cheers > Martin >
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