Bump!
Anyone able to give me some guidance on this?
Many thanks.
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On 11/02/2011 12:36, Chris Bruce wrote:
Hi there,
I've been doing a bit of mapping for the project in the UK, adding
some roads and trails generally from my area of mid-Wales. We have a
bit of a copyright problem with "naming" features in the UK that we
have actually surveyed. You can see the question and the responses on
this link:
http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1286/determining-the-identity-of-features.
The government is being a bit more open and has released some data but
there seems to be some discussion about a possible conflict between
its licence and the OSM licence.
I'm in Canada for a while and thought I'd map some trails while I'm
here per your WikiProject Canada page. I'm hiking in Provincial Parks
and National Parks in BC at the moment. I guess there will also be
Regional Parks. At the trailhead there are generally maps naming the
trails and features. Having hiked and tracklogged the trail am I
permitted to "name" the trail or feature in OSM from the information
found at the trailheads? (Or do I ask somebody who looks at the sign
at the trailhead and then tells me?!!!?)
Also I'm aware that NRCan has released a huge amount of data for use.
Can I similarly "name" and draw features from information obtained
from those sources, e.g. the Topo tiffs?
The reason I ask here is that I know that you guys (authorities!) seem
somewhat open about copyright licensing and the uses to which official
cartographic data is put and some guidelines for me would be great.
Thanks for your time...
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