There is a TON of GIS data US, State, and County agencies have. Many I believe have policies that it is public domain. The data tends to be much more detailed than the Tiger data, and include a lot more layers of data. We should maintain a wiki page more like the user pages<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Category:Users_in_the_United_States>with the above 3 categories (city too?) with agencies that publish GIS data, a download location, and the status of the data usability.
Perhaps a template e-mail for asking about the status of the data as well? I updated Potential Datasources wiki page<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Potential_Datasources>with some more links to data to be investigated. FL DOT some FL counties as well. All FL as yet unverified as usable IE. public Domain NC DOT The metadata as well as the following response about NC DOT data seem enough verification that we can use it: fromDavid Giordano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>toDale Puch < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> dateThu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:01 AMsubjectRE: Data downloadmailed-byncmail.net hide details 8:01 AM (12 hours ago) Reply The data from the download webpage is free to use. -----Original Message----- *From:* Dale Puch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:28 PM *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* Data download I am looking for mapping data sources for use in http://www.openstreetmap.org Because the result is licensed under Creative Commons - Share Alike <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/>any data added needs to be public domain, licensed with a compatible license, or specific license granted for it's use as such. I did not find any mention of the data copyright or if it was in the public domain on your site<http://www.nconemap.com/Default.aspx?tabid=286>and I wanted to be perfectly clear prior to trying to making use of it. For each download I did find the section in the FAQ/metadata titled "*Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?" *Is that the extent of the legal restrictions? Is the data listed on http://www.nconemap.com/Default.aspx?tabid=286 in the public domain, and freely usable, modifiable, and distributable? Thank you. -- Dale Puch -- Dale Puch
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