Ed - Big thumbs up for the quick response to this. Makes one wonder though - how much OSM data lives in Google Maps without us / you knowing about it, and what measures can you take / are in place to prevent and detect this?
Martijn Martijn van Exel +++ [email protected] Laziness – Impatience – Hubris http://schaaltreinen.nl | http://martijnvanexel.nl | http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ twitter: mvexel skype: mvexel flickr: rhodes On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Ed Parsons wrote: > Last week Steve Coast contacted us to let us know that he had identified what > may have been OpenStreetMap data in Google Maps of Colombia. We investigated > the matter and determined that one of our providers had indeed included OSM > data in the data-set they provided to us, once we learned this we removed the > data as quickly as possible. > > I would personally like to thank Steve for pointing out this problem to us, > and would like to apologise to the OSM community for the unwitting use of > your work in this way. Although we feel unable to license OSM data at > present, we remain supporters of the project, and we will without question > act in a similar way if the rights of the OSM community and your data is > abused. > > Regards > > Ed > > -- > > Ed Parsons, > Geospatial Technologist > Google > > Mobile: +44 (0)78 2538 2263 > Personal blog www.edparsons.com > VC 38814629 > Registered Office: Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TQ > Registered in England Number: 3977902 > > "It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy." > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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