On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Jeffrey Ollie<[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Ian Dees<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> NASA = a US federal government organization. All data originated by US >> federal organizations (and especially when funded by tax payer dollars) is >> in the public domain. I would imagine that the licensing terms they give are >> superseded by these rules. > > ASTER is a joint mission between NASA a few Japanese organizations. > As such, I don't think that public domain status can be automatically > assumed of the ASTER data. > > http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/about.asp
You are correct. It's a NASA/METI project and as such isn't in the public domain. The exact license terms are an arrangement between NASA and METI. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
