On the topic, does anyone know which Vicmap dataset (or any other licence-compatible dataset) has Victorian State Forest boundaries?
I happened to be looking for this myself this week. Thank you. On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 at 13:01, Andrew Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly as Ian's said. We have permission to use Vicmap CC BY data, you > can search on https://www.data.vic.gov.au/. It looks like a few state > forest and public land data is available. > > On Mon, 18 Oct 2021, 12:08 pm Little Maps, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, can I offer a different spin on this - interested to hear >> feedback. I think the question of whether we have permission to use >> MapShare is inappropriate. (And hence the original changeset comment is >> inaccurate). MapShare is just a data portal. We have permission to use a >> number of Vic gov datasets in OSM, as listed on the permissions waiver wiki >> (eg the roads dataset). The Vic gov provides these datasets to the public >> in a range of ways, including as GIS datasets, on the MapShare page and the >> VicNames register, amongst others. >> >> >> Hence we have explicit permission to use *some* of the data that is shown >> on the MapShare site (roads, POI, etc), but not all of it. Similarly, we >> have permission to use some of the data shown on the VicNames register, but >> not everything that is shown on the register. >> >> >> This makes it really hard for users to judge which info we can and can’t >> use, but there’s probably not a simple way around that. The key question >> here, imo, is whether we have permission to use the dataset that contains >> the State Forests boundaries. >> >> >> If we do, then the data could be accessed through Mapshare or any other >> means. If we don’t, then the official boundaries can’t be obtained from any >> available source. That’s how I interpret it, but I’m basing this >> interpretation off the fact that we need to seek permission to use each >> dataset, not the portal it is obtained from. Hope that makes sense. Curious >> to hear how others view things. Thanks for raising the question Andrew. >> Cheers Ian >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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