On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Dermot McNally <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 19 February 2012 21:48, Matze List <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is it OK to use this to map hiking trails with a tag like 'source=Irish > > Sports Council'? > > I was assuming the answer would be "no", since previous reuse of PSI > licences have had troublesome clauses in them. This one, though, seems > good, so yeah, I see no obstacle. > > Except perhaps one... And this would make it completely out of the > question: you can't tell where they got the trail geometry. If they > walked it themselves, well and good. But it's probably more likely > they did one of the following: > > * Traced it from unknown imagery, likely Google Earth > * Traced it from Ordnance Survey Maps > * Derived it from some official GIS sytem they have which itself is > fed from OS data > > Most of the actual trails are linked to other websites, like Irish Heart Foundation for the Slí na Sláinte or Coillte for forest walks. Some are locally hosted pdfs. The burren way for example<http://www.irishtrails.ie/maps/BUW%20-%20Map%201%20-%20Lahinch%20to%20Cliffs%20of%20Moher.pdf>has OSI maps with a disclaimer: "... produced by sports council ... should not be ... republished without permission from trails office ..." Now this permission they give, see my initial post. So i guess its ok, since we have most of the ways in the map already, so we're using sports council info only to put our ways into a relation, not tracing from the underlying OSI map. > That being so, I would, before using any data, outline your interest, > indicate your desire to use the data under the PSI licence, but asking > for assurances that the tracks were not derived from a source > preventing them from offering them so openly. > > The disclaimer goes on "...includes OSI data made available ... under OSI permit no 8658." Is the Sports Council passing on this permit? If so, hooray. _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
