Re: [talk-au] Copying address from business website?

2019-07-21 Thread Kim Oldfield
Graeme: It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who has done this. This particular change caused me to reconsider how appropriate it is as it was all sourced from the website so I used source=website which, when viewed superficially, appears to contradict guidelines for where to source map

Re: [talk-au] Copying address from business website?

2019-07-21 Thread Adrian Hobbs
Might be issues where contact address (e.g. head office) being copied is different to physical location on map. Adrian Hobbs ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On 22 Jul. 2019, 15:21, at 15:21, Andrew Harvey wrote: >This has come up a few times on the mailing lists, and the advise >usually >given is it's o

Re: [talk-au] Copying address from business website?

2019-07-21 Thread Andrew Harvey
This has come up a few times on the mailing lists, and the advise usually given is it's okay to source a few facts here and there like the address or contact number, but just don't start taking a whole database of venues and copy that database. On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 13:06, Kim Oldfield wrote: >

Re: [talk-au] Copying address from business website?

2019-07-21 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 13:06, Kim Oldfield wrote: > Is it acceptable to copy a street address (and other contact details) > from a business's webpage? > I certainly do exactly that all the time! Make note of the shop name, or pull it off my dash-cam footage, search that name & suburb & enter al

[talk-au] Copying address from business website?

2019-07-21 Thread Kim Oldfield
Is it acceptable to copy a street address (and other contact details) from a business's webpage? For example in https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/72452124 (what changed is easier to see at https://osmlab.github.io/osm-deep-history/#/way/705884944 ) I added the street address as listed o