Thanks for the info I am considering to recontact CIRB, who manages not to say own the URBIS database of Brussels GIS info, including cadastre, ... (see http://www.cirb.irisnet.be/departements/services/urbis for details) to be allowed to use these data to help OSM.
I know that we can have freely (aka gratis) URBIS, but the licence is apparently not compatible with OSM. For any use of URBIS data, a reference to URBIS and CIRB must be made. (see http://www.cirb.irisnet.be/departements/services/urbis/acces-aux-donnees). I want to discuss this and other points Mention obligatoire L'Utilisateur s'engage à indiquer le message suivant sur toute information, programmes d'application ou produit divers qu'il est autorisé à transmettre à un tiers, indépendamment de la forme du support employée pour transmettre les données : « Réalisé avec Brussels UrbIS®© - Distribution & Copyright CIRB » ou « Verwezenlijkt door middel van Brussels UrbIS®© - Verdeling & Copyright CIBG » ou « Realized by means of Brussels UrbIS®© - Distribution & Copyright CIRB » Urbis could be used to 1/ check that OSM includes all the streets of URBIS (and conversely to help Urbis a little and show we are nice people ;-) If they have not yet done the job themselves. 2/ add to OSM some info from Urbis (eg: cadastre ... Suggestions welcom. Best regards, Nicolas -- Nicolas Pettiaux, dr. sc _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be