On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 14:44 +0900, Robert Helvie wrote: > OK, so here is the Google Earth image just for clarity: > http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/9470/gearthbx4.png > > > The lower three bridges are tagged as layer 1. I tagged the upper > bridge as layer 2 since it eventually crosses over two of the layer 1 > bridges. OK so far (I assume). But when viewed in JOSM I get this: > http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/599/josmby9.png > > > Obviously that upper, layer 2, bridge goes under the layer 1 bridge. > It also goes under a non-layer tagged (layer 0) road just off image > where my red gpx track can be seen. > > My question is ... Does JOSM not bother to actually correctly render > items with respect to layer? I have yet to upload the changes to the > data to see if Mapnik or Osmarender renders them correctly, but I > will. (I was more concerned with what JOSM was showing me.) If JOSM > DOES take the layer tag into consideration, then any ideas on what is > happening here?
I don't think that JOSM takes layering into account, osmarender and mapnik should render it as you've described it. > > Secondly ... First, no I am not using Google to trace roads. You'll > notice the image shift can be a bit confusing. But I am wondering. > Since Google does not actually have any road data in Korea, there is > no way I could infringe on the copyright of "their" road data, but ... > since I would just be using their image, then shifting it to match my > tracks, and then tracing over other roads on the shifted image ... > > > Wouldn't this be OK under the fair use clause of intellectual property > law, especially since I am not actually making a derivative work of > any existing road data or an image from existing image data? > > > If this horse has already been beaten to a pulp, forgive me. I may > have missed the relevant chapter and verse. > It has been beaten to a pulp, I believe we have contacted google in the past about use of their aerial imagery and have specifically said no, it would be infringing on their copyright. IANAL - a detailed rundown may be on the legal-talk or legal-general mailing lists. > > Thanks for the comments. > > > Robert > > -- > "We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give to > give us meaning. " > ~ unknown > --- > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
