2009/8/5 Jukka Rahkonen <[email protected]>: >> and the imagery ("Birds Eye View") is explicitly marked as copyright >> below the image. >> >> Seems pretty explicit to me. > > Sure, if the aim is to copy the images. It is not so clear if the aim is to > interpret the imagery and make a map from the visible facts. See > http://www.systemed.net/blog/?p=100
well, as long as it is not explicitly permitted it's the same situation with Google as with MS, and they put the right warning on top, so believe them: (from their site): Big Important Warning. This post argues that it is legal to trace from Google-provided satellite imagery and upload the results to OpenStreetMap. Do not do this. “Legal” is one thing; “accepted by the OSM community” another; and “liable to expose a not-for-profit Foundation to a lawsuit from one of the world’s biggest companies” something else entirely. Seriously, don’t. This post is here for interest and to start a discussion. Besides that: the copyright holder is not MS but different companies that licensed their pics to MS, so not MS can give you permission, but you'll have to ask e.g. for the UK aerials http://www1.getmapping.com/ (you can usually find the copyright holder of the imagery in the lower right corner) cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
