I sent a message to a USGS employee in Tacoma that has helped me in the past. I'm hoping he can direct me to the right individual.
Clifford On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Hans De Kryger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Regards,* > > *Hans* > > > *http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13 > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13>* > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Clifford Snow <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Paul, >> When I get home later today I'll email a USGS employee I know. He can >> probably suggest who I can contact. >> >> Clifford >> On Feb 17, 2015 1:32 PM, "Paul Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On the streets layer? I don't doubt the other layers are lacking proper >>> attribution as well. But OSM is ours. >>> >>> > Yeah, where i'm at here maps is crappy so it stands out easy. > > >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Hans De Kryger < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It looks to me that there using here maps. Around my area it's pretty >>>> much dead on with what here maps is shows. >>>> >>>> *Regards,* >>>> >>>> *Hans* >>>> >>>> >>>> *http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13 >>>> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13>* >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Clifford Snow < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Found it here while checking out a nearby earthquake I was notified >>>>>>> about... >>>>>>> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000tiqz#general_map >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The "Street" layer of the map is very clearly taking tiles from >>>>>>> Mapquest Open (spotted at relatively low zoom over tulsa due to Mapquest >>>>>>> lagging months behind on that zoom over parts of I 244 and I 44 which >>>>>>> were >>>>>>> tagged during major construction operations as recently as last fall in >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> manner that which that renderer didn't understand, leaving gaps over the >>>>>>> Arkansas River on 244 and Midtown Tulsa near Lewis Avenue on I 44); >>>>>>> confirmed by zooming in deeper around the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> a pretty high level of detail of the block the arena is on itself along >>>>>>> with a number of city sidewalks from changesets I uploaded in the last >>>>>>> week). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Legal" page is 404. "About Us" doesn't seem to mention anything >>>>>>> either. No attribution on map itself. Only the "Street" layer appears >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> be from OSM data. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul, >>>>>> I can verify that the street view is OSM. I added some service roads >>>>>> near my house which would normally show on a typical map. >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you want to contact them? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Apparently, Google decided this message was spam. I think I trust >>>>> someone else to this if possible. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> talk mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> > -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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