[OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-06 Thread Jack Stringer
If I was to get a copy of the Electoral Roll, could I use that to get a list of House Names, Street Names, and Postcodes and then use that to create a tick list of houses. If we have a list of stuff that we know should exist then we could use it to make sure the map has all the data for the area. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-07 Thread Lambert Carsten
On Saturday 06 June 2009 15:35:41 Chris Hill wrote: > Jack Stringer wrote: > > If I gathered the address info from their website then that should not > > be an issue, should it? > > Yes it is an issue - the few that I have looked at have terms and > conditions that specifically restrict reuse with

Re: [OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-07 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Lambert Carsten wrote: > On Saturday 06 June 2009 15:35:41 Chris Hill wrote: > > Yes it is an issue - the few that I have looked at have terms and > > conditions that specifically restrict reuse without written permission > > - you should expect this on most organisations' websites. > The address

Re: [OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-07 Thread Lambert Carsten
On Sunday 07 June 2009 13:33:21 Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Lambert Carsten wrote: > > On Saturday 06 June 2009 15:35:41 Chris Hill wrote: > > > Yes it is an issue - the few that I have looked at have terms and > > > conditions that specifically restrict reuse without written permission > > > - you

Re: [OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-06 Thread Chris Hill
Jack Stringer wrote: > If I was to get a copy of the Electoral Roll, could I use that to get > a list of House Names, Street Names, and Postcodes and then use that > to create a tick list of houses. If we have a list of stuff that we > know should exist then we could use it to make sure the map h

Re: [OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-06 Thread Jack Stringer
OK, so copyright on the electoral roll is an issue. I guess also because of the Data Protection Act I just can't get a list from a business of the addresses (minus names) of their customers. > People, companies, organisations can already add anything to the database > right now.  They could rende

Re: [OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

2009-06-06 Thread Matt Amos
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Jack Stringer wrote: >> People, companies, organisations can already add anything to the database >> right now.  They could render a map (or pay someone to do it) with their >> locations on. > > Without having to sign-up with a OSM account and then workout the > vari