Jeff,
I think your approach is exactly right. It never hurts to ask, and the tone
of your note is pitch perfect. Thanks for drafting a template we can all
use.
-- SEJ
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"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." --
Einstein
I would highly encourage anyone who's pursuing these types of datasets to
not be deterred by these statements & force local authorities to confirm
that this policy is indeed prohibitive. You can ask local authorities if
the data will be opened or if they would release it for use in OSM under a
lice
I have had no trouble obtaining data from various governments here in
Utah. Once they made me do a GRAMA[1] and the data is not always
readily available for download, but so far I have gotten what I asked
for at the city of Salt Lake, the transit agency UTA as well as the
state GIS dept AGRC.
[1]
On 12/11/2012 1:49 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
Interested to hear what experiences other mappers have had in other
parts of the country.
My county has virtually the same copyright, and sells a GIS DVD for
$500. For the time being, I have given up the idea of any import - the
biggest gain for
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> Sweet.
>
> I wish more local governments took this approach.
>
>
>
I agree. I'm looking at several local governments in Virginia (including
Arlington). Nearly all of them have some boilerplate language such as this,
from Lynchburg:
"Data
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