Re: [talk-au] Importing Vicmap Lite data

2015-12-14 Thread Steve Bennett
Hi Russell, I've been involved in a discussion with VicMap (Peter Debicki specifically) on this issue, but I've dropped the ball (or at least am holding on to it a bit too long). Here's the short version: - From OSM's perspective, we need a clear statement from VicMap that they are ok with us

[talk-au] Fwd: Importing Vicmap Lite data

2015-12-14 Thread Russell Edwards
Hi Simon, Yes I'm aware of the dangers of just breaking things with a mass of automated data. I was going to start with one boundary, and potentially just trace it to avoid importing problems. But I assume all those IP issues also apply to tracing? The problem with boundaries is they are pure dat

[talk-au] Fwd: Importing Vicmap Lite data

2015-12-14 Thread Russell Edwards
Hmm, thanks Andrew and Ross. I've read through those emails and a few more now hmmmph, more fuel to the fire of my long-held hatred of IP. Do you have any suggestions what other source to use for public land boundaries? What do commercial map companies do - pay for the data? There is frequen

Re: [talk-au] Importing Vicmap Lite data

2015-12-14 Thread Simon Poole
Am 14.12.2015 um 03:17 schrieb Russell Edwards: > Hi, > > I just wanted to double check before I do this as people seem to talk > casually about using Vicmap Lite data but the OSM Wiki has a long > process to go through with the community before doing any imports. It should be pointed out that t