Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OpenStreetMap usage limits

[Eric Jiang]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 5:04 AM,   wrote:
> Now we have a plan to add maps and geocoding functionnalities.
>
> That’s why I was visiting your web site.
>
>
>
> I had a look to varous post in the Help Forum.
>
> But I still need to clarify some points about Usage restrictions :
>
> · Is our application a commercial application ? (I guess yes)
>
> · Is our application is distributed ? (I guess yes)
>
> · Do we have any usage limit ? Requests per month ? Requests per
> second ?

Regarding finding a provider of maps and geocoding, there are several
commercial entities that provide map tiles and geocoding services
based on OSM. If you use them, you would be subject to their terms of
use, copyright(s), etc. in addition to whatever database it's based
on.

Here I some that I know about:

* MapBox: map tiles, geocoding, directions, and more
* Thunderforest: map tiles
* Mapzen: geocoding, directions
* Mapquest: map tiles, geocoding, directions, based on either OSM or
commercial map database

Any of the above would be able to provide you services priced based on
usage (thousands of hits to millions of hits per month) as well as
licensing information.

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Eric Jiang, DoubleMap
Suite 401 | 429 N. Pennsylvania Street | Indianapolis, IN 46204
Office +1 855.463.6655
e...@doublemap.com | www.doublemap.com

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[OSM-legal-talk] Review of IndianaMap as potential datasource

[Eric Jiang]

Greetings,
I am interested in better data for Indiana, USA, and would like to
have someone else double-check that there are no legal/policy issues
with using GIS data from IndianaMap[1] in OSM. I talked to one of
their employees over the phone, and he said that the data is
completely public, with no usage or attribution requirements or
restrictions, and specifically confirmed that using it in OSM is OK.
Terms on the metadata for what I'm interested in seem to say the
same[2].

Basically, I want to get a confirmation from more experienced OSM
contributors before I explore the feasibility of importing any of this
data. There might be general issues that I'm not aware of yet.

[1] http://www.indianamap.org/resources.php
[2] http://maps.indiana.edu/metadata/Reference/Land_Parcels_County_IDHS.html

Thanks!
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Eric Jiang, DoubleMap
Suite 300W | 748 E. Bates Street | Indianapolis, IN 46202
www.doublemap.com | Office +1(855) 463-6655

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