Re: [OSM-talk] Anonymous edits on OpenStreetMap through Tor
> is anyone contributing to OpenStreetMap by using Tor? (the onion router) if i where sitting in china, mapping for OSM, i would certainly use tor for this... -jha- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Abnormal votings on military objects in RU wiki part; PocketGIS madness
> Komzpa is out of reach of Russian state authorities. Russian citizens are
> not. That is the only thing I wanted to tell specifing that he is from
> Belorussia.
Official german map providers have a very nice tagging for military areas and
other not public areas "owned" by the gouvernment, they do not want to map
open as such: they tag it as "Sondernutzungsflaeche" ("area of special use")
so it may be military, it may be a state agency, a large police headquarter,
or a storage site of disaster control.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Abnormal votings on military objects in RU wiki part; PocketGIS madness
> military, but it is used/guarded by them. It would surprise me if there are > no signs to tell you it is something to do by the military. There are nice echelon sites in germany which just have high fences and signs warning about high voltage. But plate stating something about military or use by gouvernmental agencies. not even warnings about armed guards. Even on the doorbell does not give a slightest hint... http://www.addicks.net/albums/Irgendwo/DSCF2103.jpg but several radomes on on a single site are better indicator than a written signs... What would happen if we start mapping (well named) the relay stations of NATO CIP67 in Europe? The locations are known in different forums, the towers are clearly visible on Google and Bing to verify their existance. I think the guys rendering the tiles will have to start developing preprocessing-rules. -jha- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Licensing Working Group report, 2009/01/22
> That's a good summation of the reasoning for an evolving license.
I consider evolving licenses as evil blank cheques.
("i agree to this version of licence and any future version relased by
$FOUNDATION")
Even if there is preamble saying "all future versions will be in the same
faith like this" a lot of contributors will feel that they are forced to
trust somebody they do not know so far as beginners. This might be repelling.
Think about organisations that you ask for data and you show them a OSM-
license that says "license will change in the future without notice"
Then even a PD-release would be easier, because then everybody knows that
there is nothing more coming you can ask for.
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Re: [OSM-legal-talk] 23rd Dec board meeting
> Thanks for the explanations and clarifications. One question remains > from me: what steps are being taken to avoid OSM users committing > unnecessary wilful trademark infringement at this time? The very plane question for me is: Can i still offer OSM-stickers and T-shirts on a public website for sale? Or will i be faced with $WHATSOEVER in the near future? -jha- ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright of OSM-Logo (was: Creation of a user box in wikipedia user profiles)
> Got it ! > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Openstreetmap_logo.svg The copyright of the OSM-Logo itself is CC-sa-by? -jha- ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Recommendations for a new GPS Device?
> Someone is bound to say "eTrex Legend HCx" so let me be the first. Don't do that. I own one and can definitly say: The receiver is VERY crappy in terms of accuracy. As i use this device (Vista HCx) for geocaching, i was rather unsatisfied with the recorded tracks when i started comparing to the bigger "GPSmap60 CSx" of my mates. so i am running now in parallel for the osm-recording a SIRF3 logger (Royaltek RGM3800) which records decent tracks. So i can present you lot's of tracks to compare the quality. But off course, if you do not like to carry 2 devices, get a 60CSx and you will be happy. -jha- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits
[..Proposal for bots..] I completly agree. > 2. Make sure your tools and knowledge are good: You have to be able to > revert your changes if something goes wrong, and you need to keep any > collateral damage to an absolute minimum. If you cannot guarantee that, > ask someone for help who can. Is there any "sandbox" available for - testing the reliability - demonstration of before/after to visualize in discussion -jha- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Can I buy some maps to draw my City?
> And what about the source tag? Some special one? Or simply > source=geoserwer.pl or better source=techmex s.a.? If he want's an attribution inside our database, you have to ask HIM. But if the topic is not already on the agenda or explicitly unclear: Do not trigger the topic. Otherwise you might create a wish like "i want the name of my company on (all) maps drawn". (A thing we could not assure as you put only data in a database, but the people who render have their own individual rules.) As an "escape" you could only offer him, that the name is drawn on several maps you print out and/or use for a dedicated project... But for that you would need somebody setting up a dedicated mapnik/omarender with own ruleset. Or at least some KOSMOS etc. As you see, attribution may cause a lot of extra work. and for the photos formerlyused to draw a map this might be overdone. -jha- ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Can I buy some maps to draw my City?
> They: Yes, if the product created by you does not contain any part or > all of our orthophotomaps and it wont be posssible to obtain from the > file our orthophotomaps (clearly - the layers must be seperated)." > What do you think about this? It sounds fair. He does not forbid derived artwork in form of drawing maps from his phoptos. What he wants is, that it is not possible to take the OSM- Data and extract his orthophotographs in any, and not have the orthophotographs visible for any later user. So it's -as far as i can see- perfect for making vector- maps. -jha- . ___ legal-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
