Williams Farias wrote: >Sent: 17 March 2008 6:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Background > >Hi Stefan , > >Humm... undestand, but i can make them in Google Earth , export the paths >and import into OpenStreet, right? i have some cities traced in my Google >Earth, ;) >
No you must not do this. You would be deriving data from Google Earth which is not permitted and we certainly don't want to see it in the OpenStreetMap database. Cheers Andy >thanks > > >2008/3/17, Stefan de Konink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Williams Farias wrote: > > > I´m a new user in OpenStreet, and i´m tracing my city in Brazil, >but there > > are places where the YahooMap does not zoom well so i can trace the >map. My > > question is: can Google Maps be placed in the "background" as an >option? and > > Microsoft Maps too? Google Maps in Brazil cover almost every small >cities > > that YahooMap doesnt. I think the more maps option, more accurancy > > OpenStreetMap will be. > > > Technically yes, but copyright wise no. You are not allowed to submit > derived works based on Google and Microsoft Maps. > > > > Stefan > > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
