Hi, If you carefully read the original mail, you will see two download links. Both of those links it says the data is public domain I don't think the the web site terms of use apply. The data can't both be in the public domain and have a license.
Thanks Jason. On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Matthew Petroff > <openstreet...@mpetroff.net> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> The City of Baltimore provides a large amount of public domain GIS data >> through >> their data portal [1]. Included are city wide building footprints [2], >> which I >> would like to import into OpenStreetMap. Other users have already started >> importing this data in a less automated way. I confirmed with the city GIS >> office that the data is indeed public domain. > > > The City of Baltimore data portal claims otherwise. > > http://www.baltimorecity.gov/TermsofUse.aspx > "OpenBaltimore is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported > License." > > They also include in the Disclaimer, "Commercial use is prohibited without > the prior written permission of the City." > > Either one of those is a big red flag. Can you publish their assurance to > you that the data is actually PD? You'll need to publish compelling official > documentation from the city that can override their published license. The > license details on the Baltimore data portal web site make that data an > absolute, "NO GO" in my judgement. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us