On 9 Oct 2007, at 22:35, Stephen Gower wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:12:54PM +0100, Gervase Markham wrote: >> >> In other words, I want to use my AA road atlas to make sure I hit >> every >> road, ticking off the roads as I go, noting down the names from the >> signs (not the atlas) and using the GPS tracks I make as the route I >> upload to OSM. > > The consensus seems to be that planning a route with a normal map > is of course fine. If you then take a GPS device with you and make > notes on the streetnames/etc as you travel then this data is a > valid new survey on which you have the copyright, which you can > licence to Openstreetmap. Variations on this are probably also OK, > as long as you survey the actual area in some appropriate > copyright-licenseable manner.
Indeed, I'd say the most important point, which should be fairly obvious but perhaps not, is that if you spot a road that you've missed, you must go out and get it. It's worth pointing out that the Yahoo! imagery in potlatch (if it's available in your area) is as good a way of checking if you've missed anything. I think in my area it's actually better than most of the online maps as it was taken quite recently. John _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
