Am 05.11.2012 16:42, schrieb Frederik Ramm:
Hi,
I haven't read this thread in full but it has come to my attention
that people in this thread have argued that it would be acceptable to
use Google StreetView pictures when mapping.
It is not.
The legal situation may be debatable and indeed differ from country to
country but Google's terms of use do not permit making derivative
works of their imagery and distributing them.
As a project, our general approach to any situation where something
was not totally clear legally has always been to err on the side of
caution. If someone says that we cannot use this data then we won't,
even if there are people who say that it might still be legal to do so.
So don't use Google Street View for mapping unless you have explicit
permission from Google to do so.
...and if you have please document that in the wiki and link to that in
the source tag or something like that to avoid confusion like the one
starting this thread (that would be a confusion if it would be/is
permitted by google)
regards
Peter
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