Hey, sorry I didn't get back to y'all about this, I was on vacation, as my auto-responder no doubt told you. You know, you're right, it is murkier, I didn't think through the full implications. I'll see if I can get a more clear answer and get back to you on it.
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Rich Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed didn't seem to say that you own it...just that 'Google willl not > make a claim over it's ownership.' > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Christopher Schmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 09:32:16AM +0000, Ed Parsons wrote: >>> As others have pointed out this is somewhat a grey area, however I >>> would state that as a general principal if you create a feature that >>> does not feature on the map view in maps or on one of the layers in >>> earth, so you are not copying an existing feature, then the new >>> feature is your creation, Google will not make claim over it's >>> ownership. >> >> This seems to me like it would mean that one could trace out the road >> network in places where Google Maps does not have any data -- like, say, >> Antsirabe, Madagascar [1] -- into My Maps, and create a KML file you >> 'owned'. [2] >> >> Is that an accurate representation of what you're saying, or am I >> misunderstanding? It's possible that when you say "one of the layers in >> Google Earth", you mean "including the satellite layer" -- I can't tell >> from your comment. >> >> [1] >> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kruger+National+Park&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.368578,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=-19.872804,47.034692&spn=0.042216,0.077248&t=h&z=14 >> [2] >> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114599966136836752057.00045b41ee9f6cb8a4f23&output=kml >> >> Regards, >> -- >> Christopher Schmidt >> MetaCarta >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
