On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Nicolas Gignac <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear, [ ... ] > I am looking at the best implementation of OSM local server for a public GIS > organisation anywhere in the world dealing with street data update everyday?
Well I guess that would be OpenStreetMap.org, though it is public as a F/LOSS Project, not public as in funded by taxpayers. I'm guessing that is not the answer that you are looking for. [ ... ] > In my own public organisation, we do have some legal issues with different > GIS datasets (e.g. street, aerial, thematic maps) from third parties, but we > would like to build an internal web mapping application using the OSM > philosophy and base maps, combining OSM data and our third-party datasets > (that is not GPL licence) without breaking the legal agreement we have. Okay, we could be getting in to a deep discussion of legal details. That would be better held on the legal-talk list but the basics are: If it is ONLY for internal use, and Never Published, there are no restrictions imposed by OSM data licenses on how you mix and use data sets. If you do plan to Publish you must consider your obligations under cc-by-sa, or possibly ODbL. Details matter so don't take this as the last word. If you only plan to Use the OSM software your use or distribution is unrestricted. If you plan to modify it, check your obligations under GPL or the license of the specific software tool. > After building a viable OSM internal server and once it for all dealt with > our legal issues, we could be able to transfer some street datasets into OSM Those data sets might be welcome depending on, a compatible license, the quality and recency of the data, the nature of the data, and a suitable community-focused method of including it in OSM. It is a nice offer and thank you for considering contributing to OSM. [ ... ] > Thanks for letting me know good stories of this kind, options available or > critical information I might need before building a OSM local server project > involving other none-OSM datasets. I'm not aware of a publicly-funded GIS project that is using OSM software. That might mean that there aren't any, but it may just mean that I don't know about them. Best regards, Richard _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
