On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Ulf Lamping <[email protected]>wrote:
> P.S: All that time it was - for me - simply out of question to copy map > data from Google or other alike sources to get free and open map data > that will remain free and open. > Ok, let's use the word "consult" rather than "copy". Did you ever, in all that time, consult Google Maps? How did you know which areas hadn't been mapped, but weren't empty? Did you ever look up a street name that you'd forgotten to write down, or did you go and physically visit it again? I feel that I/we Australians are in danger of being misrepresented, like we have some secret plan to simply copy data off Google Maps rather than obtain it legitimately. We don't. I just want to ask the question: what is the legal basis that says that one company's representation of a street name is copyright, and therefore can't be copied? As you say, back in the day, you didn't have a choice but to go and visit each street with a GPS. Now there are choices. Steve
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