On 29 Dec 2007, at 17:56, Laurence Penney wrote: > Robin Paulson wrote: >> no need to create a new site, this is exactly what wikimapia.org is >> for > > Thanks Robin, I'd forgotten about WikiMapia. I got excited when > polygon editing was added (March 2007), but I think I must have > decided against diving into it with gusto when I read the license, in > particular section 1F: > > "F. All User Submissions of all users and all WikiMapia data are > available through WikiMapia Website, WikiMapia API and other current > or future WikiMapia services for non-commercial purposes only: > personal or educational. In addition, WikiMapia provides an "map on > your page" feature, which you may incorporate into your own personal > websites for use in accessing the information on the Website. > WikiMapia reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the > WikiMapia Website at any time." > > http://wikimapia.org/terms_reference.html > > Do you know much about the team behind WikiMapia? I and I think many > OSMers would be worried about the license changing arbitrarily, like > CDDB/Gracenote.
Er, they may claim a license but if you read the google terms of service it's all fubar. See specifically the bit about making derivative works, and the bit about making large dumps of lat/lng points available. have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
