Re: [Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API

2010-05-09 Thread Jo Walsh
dear Bob, all, On 08/05/2010 18:17, Bob Kerr wrote: Hi, I have been in touch with them and they are keen that we should be allowed to use their data so that we can create derived information that we can use for Openstreetmap. They have told me that they are willing to use the Open Database

Re: [Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API

2010-05-09 Thread Bob Kerr
Superb and thanks, Open Knowledge Scotland is the perfect venue to go forward with this Cheers Bob --- On Sun, 9/5/10, Jo Walsh j...@frot.org wrote: From: Jo Walsh j...@frot.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API To: Bob Kerr openstreetmapcraigmil...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: talk

Re: [Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API

2010-05-08 Thread Bob Kerr
Cheers Bob --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: From: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API To: Bob Kerr openstreetmapcraigmil...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Date: Wednesday, 5 May, 2010, 20:08 Hi, Bob

[Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API

2010-05-05 Thread Bob Kerr
Hi, I am please to let you know that the good people of the National Library of Scotland have released an API and data for a selection of maps throughout the UK.  The library is very keen to engage the OSM community and if all goes well with this introduction will be happy to release further

Re: [Talk-GB] National Map Library of Scotland API

2010-05-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Bob Kerr wrote: The data released has some overlap with the data that we already have but it does go into more detail than ours. The license is also compatible with ours. Perhaps they could be approached cautiously and asked whether they would consider allowing derived information to