2008/12/11 Brent Fraser <[email protected]> > Kevin, > > Good point. I got excited by the "unrestricted-use" claim... > > Kevin Farrugia wrote: > > Would the StatsCan Data be available to us though (to input into OSM > > based on our license)? After reading the license agreement it sounds a > > bit iffy because of the acknowledgement required even if it is released > > under an unrestricted use license a greement, but I don't know what > > exactly is allowed at OSM. Here's an excerpt from the license agreement > > for the road network: >
The Geobase NRN has better geometry: it is accurate (published accuracy) and homogeneous. I do not think you will find out what are the sources used by Stats Can for their product. Also, Geobase adopted update cycles and provide a Unique National Identifier to track the changes. For now Geobase does not have a full attributive product for street names and adresses but partners are working to create the NRN 2.0 wich includes those attributes. I think Stats Canada is one of the partners for the NRN 2.0. Michel > > : > > > 4.2 The Licensee shall reproduce, include and maintain the following > > notice on all reproductions of the Licensor's Data produced pursuant to > > Section 3 above: > > > > Reproduced with the permission of Statistics Canada > > > > 4.3 The Licensee shall incorporate in all reproduction and downstream > > distribution of the Data all metadata included by the Licensor in the > > provision of the Data." > > Gratis, but not truly libre. But they may be willing to make an exception > for OSM. > > Brent > > > > Too bad there wasn't a common UID across all of the government databases > > though, because if there was we would be able to merge the address > > attributes into the GeoBase/CanVec road network, and address location > > and network routing would be possible in the future. > > Hopefully they are working on that, but who knows... > > > > > -Kevin Farrugia > > (Kevo) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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