Has anyone set a letter to Google's legal department asking for clarification or permission? -Dave
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Anthony<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually, there is some other, more practical arguments why such >> checking isn't healthy thing to do. First of all, it's still just >> another source, not field check. Second, it is quite interesting what >> happens when you *check* that name of the street you wrote down is >> wrong. Can you write down name in Google Street View? I guess it is >> copying. Fact copying, but nevertheless. Fact copying en masse = >> "substantial extraction". So it is still if you find name wrong, you >> theoretically can't copy name from GSV and still have to go outside >> and check it yourself. So it's a little self-defeating. > > If the fact is binary (can turn left/can't turn left), then checking is > equal to copying, right? > It'd definitely help when turning a single Tiger way into a dual > carriageway, to be able to use Google Street View rather than finding > someone willing to drive me around while I take pictures of every > intersection, or, I guess more realistically, just zooming in on the Yahoo > aerial and guessing. > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
