Re: [OSM-legal-talk] CC-BY-SA and derivate works

2010-06-08 Per discussione Phil Monger
Alex, I wouldn't worry too much about this. You simply state that the mapping (including any derivative elements) is CC-By-SA. Anything you have added to the map that is not derivative or based on it (i.e. your Logo) remains (C). If anyone wants to actually scan that map, and try to sell

[OSM-legal-talk] Potential huge License violation - anyone know anything about this?

2010-06-02 Per discussione Phil Monger
So I was looking through some cycle books, as you do, when I came across this one (i've hosted the images 3rd party and avoided HTML, if they don't work let me know. I had to snap them on the iPhone - so sorry for the lack of a close focus!!) : http://img249.imageshack.us/i/img0002tw.jpg/ It's a

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Potential huge License violation - anyone know anything about this?

2010-06-02 Per discussione Phil Monger
to give something back by making their re-use re-useable? Or am I just tilting at windmills? Phil On 2 June 2010 21:58, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Phil, Phil Monger wrote: It's a new cycle book for London, with routes, etc. Pretty standard fare. The problem? All the maps inside

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Potential huge License violation - anyone know anything about this?

2010-06-02 Per discussione Phil Monger
, Phil Monger wrote: This is entirely derivative. The maps and route descriptions operate together as *one piece of work* - indeed descriptions of the ways, place names, distances, directions (ect) used in *the text* are taken from *the mapping*. The text couldn't / wouldn't

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey talk tomorrow

2010-05-11 Per discussione Phil Monger
Can't quite make that one .. but it sounds great. Any chance of a YouTube'd version appearing? Phil On 11 May 2010 09:51, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: Hello everyone, In case of interest here: There is a British Computer Society talk given by a couple of guys from the

Re: [Talk-GB] Driving Test routes

2010-04-13 Per discussione Phil Monger
I would go the route of contacting them, and saying : Hey, have you heard of OSM? Why don't you stick up proper streetmapping on your website showing the routes, for free? If you donate your route data it will get added to the map and ... ect. I've learned that a reciprocal relationship like

Re: [Talk-GB] OS StreetView accuracy: caution!

2010-04-08 Per discussione Phil Monger
I'd echo that sentiment, and say this: Streetview is a product designed to show *streets. *Anything else is just detail to show these in context. It would be a huge mistake for anyone to trace topo details from StreetView into OSM, for these reasons and more! I do think though, that it is an

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-03-31 Per discussione Phil Monger
The streetview announcement is FANTASTIC news for OSM in the UK - as the database is pretty much exactly what is being built - roads / streets / names , etc. We can surely get this as a backdrop layer, like the Yahoo imagery? A bulk import wouldn't be possible, as this is raster data. (Though

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-03-31 Per discussione Phil Monger
. Phil On 1 April 2010 00:47, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: On 01/04/10 00:06, Phil Monger wrote: The streetview announcement is FANTASTIC news for OSM in the UK - as the database is pretty much exactly what is being built - roads / streets / names , etc. StreetView is horrible