[talk-au] Update from Licensing Working Group

[Grant Slater]

OSM AU,

Just a quick update...

The Licensing Working Group (LWG) is still in positive discussion with
NearMap. Unfortunately we have been unable to schedule a conference
call this week due to difficult scheduling (EDT, BST, CEST & WST
timezones). We have a call scheduled for early next week.

The Australian community have raised a number of issues with the
license Contributor Terms, including particular concern about the
licensing of existing Australian data imports. The LWG will be putting
in further work on the Contributor Terms over the next few weeks. We
shall also be working with the legal council to address the issues and
get legal clarification where needed.

Kind regards
 Grant
 Part of LWG Team.

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[talk-au] Fwd: [Aust-NZ] interesting decision - UK row over publishing public mapping data

[John Smith]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Ross Johnson 
Date: 25 August 2010 12:41
Subject: [Aust-NZ] interesting decision - UK row over publishing
public mapping data
To:



Public sector bodies in the UK will not be able to publish data on
Google Maps, despite a new deal lifting restrictions on the
distribution of public mapping data.
UK government mapping agency the Ordnance Survey collects and sells
mapping data to the public and private sector. The agency recently
signed an agreement with the UK Government to provide free geographic
information to around 800 public sector organisations.  The Public
Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) comes into effect in April next year
and gives councils and public bodies free and unlimited access to
government mapping data where previously they would have been charged.
 The move forms part of the government’s pledge to open up officially
held information, so councils and public bodies can easily and
efficiently improve local services and local people can see at the
touch of a button how their local services are doing.  But currently
local authorities can’t use Google Maps – the most popular online
mapping system - to publish the location of services, though they will
be able to use other web mapping systems.  This is because the
Ordnance Survey claims Google claims the right to use data displayed
on Google Maps, a right the OS doesn’t want to grant, according to a
blog by the Ordnance Survey.  The Ordnance Survey and Google are in
ongoing discussions on the issue.

http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2010/08/23/article/UK-row-over-publishing-public-mapping-data/LGTKRZHCLD.html

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