Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Using JOSM + Yahoo Maps Aerial Imagery for Public Domain Release

2008-10-11 Thread bvh
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:58:19AM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: their aerial imagery from. - Ed Parsons once said that Google had to pay extra for traceable aerial imagery as the normal licenses would not have been suitable for using the material in an application like MapMaker. If none of

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Using JOSM + Yahoo Maps Aerial Imagery for Public Domain Release

2008-10-10 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: Could you map ways using JOSM and Yahoo aerial photography, export the ways for a data set released under the public domain, and then import into OSM? Or does the interpretation of the Yahoo Maps terms-of-use require the data created with the aerial imagery to be

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Using JOSM + Yahoo Maps Aerial Imagery for Public Domain Release

2008-10-10 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Thanks for the response Frederick. I wonder why release of data under the public domain might make Yahoo uneasy. It might actually make them less uneasy, since they could then do what they wanted with the data that was produced. Landon On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Frederik Ramm [EMAIL

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Using JOSM + Yahoo Maps Aerial Imagery for Public Domain Release

2008-10-10 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: I wonder why release of data under the public domain might make Yahoo uneasy. It might actually make them less uneasy, since they could then do what they wanted with the data that was produced. My hunch is that they *might* just have overstepped (or at least:

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Using JOSM + Yahoo Maps Aerial Imagery for Public Domain Release

2008-10-10 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
What you stated makes sense. It's probably better not to make waves. I've got some USDA imagery I can use instead, although the resolution isn't as good. The Sunburned Surveyor On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Frederik Ramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: I wonder why