If my advice would breach any copyright laws then I stand corrected. I however need to be advised on this but I am not aware that public street names or public place names are the intellectual property of the map maker. On re-reading my post it may be interpreted that I am suggesting that the political boundaries be copied but that certainly was not the intention.
Heinrich -------------------------------------------------- From: "James Ewen" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:34 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] newbies Digest, Vol 25, Issue 38 > 2009/3/29 Heinrich McBean <[email protected]>: > >> Guyana Lands and Survey Commission’s maps are copyright. I am not sure >> they >> would allow you to copy their maps but there is nothing stopping you from >> asking. However, those maps would be useful in helping you understand how >> the roadway system is classified, the names of roads and the location of >> political boundaries. > > Here's where I find the black and white turning into shades of grey... > We are told that we can not copy names of roads off of the copyright > maps. However, looking at a map to determine different road > classifications and such is an acceptable practice. I don't see how > one can work on creating an OSM map without violating some type of > copyright laws. One would have not looked at any map at all so as to > not attempt to duplicate what they have seen previously. > > We all know what maps look like, and what we would like the OSM map to > look like. One could argue that you are copying the "look and feel" of > their map. > > James > VE6SRV > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
