Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
The roads under the maintenance of the DPWH Baguio City District Engineering Office is another area that uses OSM as a basemap: http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/Road%20Data/2012%20Road%20Data%20for%20Ipad/baguio_city.htm On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Nice! The surface type (concrete, asphalt) is good data we can add in OSM, unfortunately, the disclaimer pdf has very strict copyright restrictions. Maning Sambale (mobile) On Jun 12, 2013 7:14 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: The roads under the maintenance of the DPWH Baguio

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Rally de Leon
Clicking on Region IV-A on DPWH link: http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/Road%20Data/2012%20Road%20Data%20for%20Ipad/region_iv_a.htm Is it safe to classify Caylabne Road a trunk (an extension of Governor's Drive)? How about Naic-to-Mendez and the Tanza-Trece Martirez roads? Weird, Aguinaldo

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread tutubi
on copyright, did you know the work of the government, by law, is not covered by copyright unless you use it for profit? it's somewhere in the copyright law, a popular topic in photography forums --- I explore, therefore I blog! http://www.backpackingphilippines.com

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Rally de Leon
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:43 AM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.comwrote: Nice! The surface type (concrete, asphalt) is good data we can add in OSM, unfortunately, the disclaimer pdf has very strict copyright restrictions. Maning Sambale (mobile) Maning, it's obviously OSM basemap

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
On Jun 12, 2013 10:01 AM, tutubi tut...@backpackingphilippines.com wrote: on copyright, did you know the work of the government, by law, is not covered by copyright unless you use it for profit? Which precisely why we can't directly copy from government data unless there is explicit permission.

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Dear Rally, On Jun 12, 2013 10:02 AM, Rally de Leon rall...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:43 AM Maning, it's obviously OSM basemap under the Baguio jpg right? in fact get a copies as proof in the future. How does copyright works? Enlighten us. I understand if they add new info

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
Well, there's a loophole in that provision. If what you get from the government is *pure data* (numerical coordinates, etc.), then you can't use it in OSM without permission. This is the idea behind the DepEd and DOH data we are getting/trying to get. On the other hand, if what you get is an