Re: [Talk-GB] Bing OS maps (slightly OT)
It's back to normal, Thanks to both. Dave F. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright issues of checking details on other websites
On 05/07/2011 10:51, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Tom Chance wrote: So I suspect it's potentially breaching copyright, and a matter of judgement as to whether it's worth the risk. For example, if you were copying in data from a commercial web site whose business model was based around that data (like a listing of pubs) you might get yourself and OSM into some trouble. On the other hand, copying in some basic contact details for a local church or restaurant off their own web site is unlikely to cause any trouble! Exactly that. If you want a very very broad rule of thumb, you could ask am I checking these contact details against a database of contact details?. If so (e.g. tesco.com list of their stores, beerintheevening.com list of pubs, etc.), then don't do it. If not (e.g. an individual 'contact us' page on a one-off shop), you'll be fine. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/Copyright-issues-of-checking-details-on-other-websites-tp6545632p6549071.html Sent from the Great Britain mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb I have a rule of thumb about this: if I've checked against the website of the business/church/organisation I add this link in a tag in addition to any address/name info. I hope this a) offers a degree of reciprocity; and b) enables other mappers to find the same details for verification. In general I do this to check some specific details, working out the denomination of inner city churches is often a bit tricky, and I might check things like the postcode against my deduction from CodePoint Open. Other times I'll do this are when photomapping is inappropriate, so the website is giving what the ad-men call 'prompted recall'. Jerry ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] More UK transport data being opened up
From today's Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/07/government-transparency-data-releases The transport data looks like it might have some use for OSM and related projects - Data on *current and future roadworks* on the Strategic Road Network to be published from October 2011, and subject to consultation to extend this during 2012 to Local Authority Streetworks Registers maintained under statute. - All remaining Government-owned free datsets from Transport Direct, including *cycle route data *and the *national car park database* to be made available for free re-use from October 2011. - *Real time data on the Strategic Road Network* including incidents, speeds and congestion to be published from December 2011. - Office of Rail Regulator to increase the amount of data published relating to service performance and complaints by May 2012. - *Rail timetable* information to be published weekly by National Rail from December 2011. Kev. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] More UK transport data being opened up
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Kev js1982 o...@kevswindells.eu wrote: All remaining Government-owned free datsets from Transport Direct, including cycle route data There's already work going on behind-the-scenes with this - there's a lot of interesting data that's been collected that I reckon will be useful for us, not just cycle routes. Rail timetable information to be published weekly by National Rail from December 2011. If this is true, it's fantastic - there's a lot of stuff I would like to do with mashing up OSM and timetable information. I don't think it'll help us directly though but it's certainly of interest! Cheers, Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
