On 21 April 2011 12:14, Graham Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > Where do we stand if I manually create a way (i.e. by tracing from Bing > imagery or by surveying it) and then refer to this published definitive > map to determine if it is a designated footpath/bridleway/BOAT? (And > possibly get other details that could be used in tags/notes like an > identifier). > > Presumably this would be using the council's data and we would need some > form of agreement with them?
See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines#Copyright_issues_.28VERY_IMPORTANT.21.29 In short, you can't copy from the maps because they are a derived work from a copyrighted Ordnance Survey base map. If you get permission from the appropriate council, you can, however, make use of the written document known as the "Definitive Statement" as OS have agreed not to claim an IP rights in it. Depending on the council, you may be able to get hold of a copy of the Definitive Statement and get permission to use it. (The documents have to be available for inspection by the public, but how easy it is to then make a copy is not clear. Some councils have electronic versions that they may be happy to send you, or you could try a formal request under FOI or EIR legislation. However if you go down they route, they might be less keen to grant you the necessary permissions to re-use the data in OSM.) The quality of the route descriptions in the definitive statements is quite variable. For some it is very easy to match them to a location / path in OSM, for others it is pretty difficult. Robert. -- Robert Whittaker _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
