> On Sep 27, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Steve Friedl <st...@unixwiz.net> wrote: > > [trying this again] > > Good morning, > > I've never done a use-without-attribution case before, would like to get > some suggestions before I dive in. I'm pretty sure this is a "substantial" > violation. > > It seems that US News & World Report is using OSM data/maps without > attribution in their Health website; my opthalmologist's page > > https://health.usnews.com/doctors/jared-younger-768369 > > includes a map that I instantly recognized as OSM. I make it a point to > enhance the maps every time I have an appointment somewhere, and I had done > substantial cleanup of the maps in the northeast corner of Brookhurst & > Ellis in Fountain Valley. > > The *current* map doesn't look much like the one in the US News page: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/62921271#map=18/33.69463/-117.95174 > > because of my subsequent changes, but - among other things - the spurious > and incorrect segment of "Ellis Street" just below the main Ellis Street was > leftover Tiger data that I'd fixed as well on changeset > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/62921271 > > Digging in, it seems that US News runs their own tile server (example tile): > > https://maptile.usnews.com/tile0/12/707/1640.png > > so this is clearly them and not (say) Leaflet. > > Their terms & conditions page https://www.usnews.com/info/features/terms has > a helpful email address copyrightag...@usnews.com that invites contacts > about copyright issues. > > So, I think I should be following the procedure here: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lacking_proper_attribution > > with a polite note to them. > > Am I on the right track? > > Steve > > --- > Steve Friedl // Software & Network Security Consultant // 714-345-4571 > st...@unixwiz.net // Southern California USA // I speak for me only >
I can confirm that the map is based on OSM data: I scrolled down the coast to where I live and the building shapes are the ones I entered which are, for my house especially, slightly different than on other map providers. But I also noticed that an area I updated over 6 months ago is not shown properly on this US News map, so they apparently are working off of a fairly old copy of the database. Thanks for noticing this and for contacting them regarding attribution. Tod
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