Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Liz
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Jukka Rahkonen wrote: Hi, Somebody might get interested in having a look at the business idea of PublicEarth and their Terms of Use. I feel they won't get very many places from me. http://publicearth.com/ http://publicearth.com/terms -Jukka Rahkonen- My look at

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Tim Waters
2009/11/18 Jukka Rahkonen jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi: Hi, Somebody might get interested in having a look at the business idea of PublicEarth and their Terms of Use. I feel they won't get very many places from me. http://publicearth.com/ http://publicearth.com/terms Then there's the nice

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Stefan Baebler
Also interesting to note is that their current (initial?) data set contains POIs that were seemingly contributed by random (english sounding) user names. Even in non-english speaking countries most (all?) contributors have english names. Descriptions are of course in perfect local (non english)

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Barnett, Phillip
They are using OSM data. If you look at Cambridge, UK, for instance, you'll see the entry for Kettles Yard and The Junction have both been credited to OSM. PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X 8XZ UNITED KINGDOM T +44 (0)20 7430 4474 F E phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Barnett, Phillip
Link here, sorry http://publicearth.com/places/arts-and-cultural-centers/kettles-yard-gallery PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X 8XZ UNITED KINGDOM T +44 (0)20 7430 4474 F E phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk http://WWW.ITN.CO.UK P Please consider the environment. Do you

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Martijn van Exel
I wonder if Google is going to change their terms of use now they are shedding their major map data providers[1][2]. Being liberated from their terms of use – for now, in the US only – Google is free to conjure up any terms of use for their map data they like. Their 'Google Maps/Earth Terms of

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] PublicEarth and their Terms of Use

2009-11-18 Thread Stefan Baebler
http://publicearth.com/places/ice-rinks/olimpija-ljubljana On this small map the POI was created by WilliemBlaeu While on the big (main) map there are 2 POIs, created by JohnSpeed and JohnMelish and the names change randomly with each reload! Try