On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Craig Feuerherdt
craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote:
They include all ways, not just vehicular roads.
Essentially the State Government layer also contains some non-vehicular ways
as well, so it is difficult to compare apples with apples.
Is the State Government
John Henderson wrote:
I go to the local tourist information place and start asking for names.
They give me a photocopy of a street directory which shows all the
names. But this photocopy has a copyright notice.
Can I enter names from that page into OSM for the already-mapped ways?
I
Liz wrote:
Be brave
nothing ventured, nothing gained.
a circular way (usually)
one way (get that bit right)
highway=type
junction=roundabout
may have a name, but not often
join the other roads on
Following on from this and some earlier discussion about naming
roundabouts.
I was
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au wrote:
So if all you need is street names,use whatever published source you wish.
Just make sure that you only get street names. And whatever you do, don't
advertise it, or discuss it in forums. There are always some smart-arse
2010/1/5 Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au:
I was testing the Garmin's route instructions on some familiar roads today.
Normally it says SW on Northern Road to Roundabout, followed by 2nd exit
on roundabout or similar. but one part came out as SW on Northern Road to
Northern Road, which seemed
2010/1/5 Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au:
The issue of copying names from a street directory is very similar. The
publishers of the directory hold copyright over the graphic layout of the
map, but they cannot hold copyright over the street names themselves. Those
That's assuming what they
2010/1/5 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com:
Interesting. What strikes me about the street names thing is that in
general, there's actually no way to prove it, other than by the person's own
admission. Whereas with copyright breach in general, you can show a
similarity between two expressions
There are street names I have seen on Google that are wrong and I guess
there are others if you went looking. (Don't mention the streets that just
aren't there.)
Regards,
Michael
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:19 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote:
2010/1/5 Steve Bennett
John Smith wrote:
2010/1/5 Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au:
The issue of copying names from a street directory is very similar. The
publishers of the directory hold copyright over the graphic layout of the
map, but they cannot hold copyright over the street names themselves. Those
That's
2010/1/6 John Henderson snow...@gmx.com:
I missed that Telstra case. Do you have a reference to a good summary?
http://www.copyright.org.au/pdf/acc/articles_pdf/A01n09.pdf
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2010/1/6 John Henderson snow...@gmx.com:
I've just set myself up with a login to the OSM wiki. Should I simply
refer to the above relation IDs and names in the wiki under Bush
Walking and Cycling Tracks?
I'd link to the relations, not just mention the ID numbers,
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Richard Colless wrote:
Liz wrote:
Be brave
nothing ventured, nothing gained.
a circular way (usually)
one way (get that bit right)
highway=type
junction=roundabout
may have a name, but not often
join the other roads on
Following on from this and some earlier
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:50 AM, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote:
I'm wanting to reopen this discussion.
The context is long-distance walking tracks, and avoiding duplication of
the relations covering them (as bits and pieces get added in different
geographical areas).
I've found a
Steve Bennett wrote:
I'll be adding the Overland Track in February
Enjoy. I first walked that in February, 41 years ago.
I grew a beard on that trip and still have it - never shaved since :)
John
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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:29:14 +1100
From: John Henderson snow...@gmx.com
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Copyright questions
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