>Automagically scraping the finder.eircode.ie site is a grey area, I would >caution against >doing that for the moment.
I was more suggesting a person opting to submit a known postcode, and have that result be marked in OSM. Probably using a mobile app using OSM and querying the finder.eircode.ie up to 15 times a day. If that was OK then OSM could launch something before other companies do it. Postmen could even use it for the funny people who only put on the code. Is converting a postcode to co-ordinates allowed with no fee up to 15 times a day? On 17/07/2015, Richard Cantwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > As some of you are probably aware the sister company of my employer is part > of the Eircode consortium (AutoAddress) I will have a word with the MD next > week and get clarity on use restrictions. > > My current view is that the codes themselves are not copyrighted, but the > ECAF (flat file with postal address and Eircode) and ECAD (database with > aliases, co-ords and other things) are copyrighted. I'll let you know if the > MD agrees with me. Automagically scraping the finder.eircode.ie site is a > grey area, I would caution against doing that for the moment. > > Regards, > > Richard > > p.s. I haven't been mapping for a while, but now that Eircode is rolled out > I'll be jumping back in. > > -=- > Sent from my phone > >> On 17 Jul 2015, at 14:01, moltonel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 17 July 2015 11:30:55 GMT+01:00, Simon Poole <[email protected]> wrote: >>> What better way to ignore than come to the conclusion that the data >>> can't be included in OSM and needs to be removed when it turns up? >> >> Good point :) If Eircodes can't be collected in a public db then it's a >> nail in Eircode's coffin. If it can, it should be ok to scrape the data to >> reach a usable level of completeness and add some QA for osm. >> >> Not everybody on osm-ie is on board with the 'let it fail' tactic it >> seems. It'd be great to reach a consensus on what to do with Eircodes in >> OSM that we can post on openstreetmap.ie blog once we have all the info. >> >>> Right now I just want to check if there are any use restrictions that >>> make the situation clear or if the situation is going to remain fuzzy >>> for now. >> >> Yep, let's check how fuzzy this is. First person to send a copy of the >> Eircode snailmail wins. >> -- >> Vincent Dp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ie mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
