I've applied to the -dev list early this morning, not sure if I've been accepted yet, haven't seen any traffic from it, will post an introductory message when I am sure I'm on it.
Yes, "editor" is a much better term than "bot". I'm making calls to the API to get the current list of objects, and am just about to make calls to create a new changeset. But better really would be to figure out a way to integrate streetviews with a map editor, rather than the reverse. For now, I'm simply adding a "Edit on OSM" link, though if there were a way to initiate a new node from the querystring then things would be much, much easier. That's something I'll ask on the -dev list. As far as using the Google Player goes, my reading of it is that it's permissible to use the Google Streetview Player to view non-Google images and follow their terms of use. Just like I can use Internet Explorer to view a webpage and be subject to that webpage's rules. However, we can't remove the link to Google, which will show the Google Streetview of that same lat/long. And copying data from that image would not be permitted. Tac On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Rob Nickerson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > The diy-streetview idea sounds great. For those people (like me) who > missed the first few emails, you can view the thread at [1]. > > It seems to me that you want to create a tool for OSM contributors to view > these diy-streetview images and then be able to tag amenities that then get > added to the OSM database. As this requires manual intervention, I wouldn't > call it a "bot" (this will just get people worked up). It would be either a > plug-in for an existing editor, or a new map editor. Either way, the best > place for this is the dev mailing list [2]. I'm always surprised at the > level of content that is on the "newbie" list - often it's more complex > than the "talk" mailing list!! > > A couple of initial ideas come to mind: > > 1. Using Google viewer to show your DIY images for the intention of > editing OSM may be against Googles Terms and Conditions (you would need to > check), but the other issue is that it has Google's logo in the bottom > corner - we don't want contributors thinking that they can copy data from > Google Maps! > > 2. You would need to ensure that you are not duplicatiing data. Any editor > would have to download existing OSM data to see if the amenity is already > tagged. > > Good luck, > Rob > > [1] http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/LJOxH4xhoL56q7LJhmyI > [2] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >
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