Re: [Talk-us] USGS has no problem using information from copyrighted maps

For reference, http://www.fgdc.gov/library/factsheets/documents/datashare.pdf There are exceptions, but from what I have seen this policy seems to be the basis of the government opening up GIS data. Dale On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Dale Puch wrote: > It will probably take some digging to fi

Re: [Talk-us] USGS has no problem using information from copyrighted maps

It will probably take some digging to find out the full story, and it will probably differ from state to state. But it seems that around 1995-2005 time range federal, state and local governments started to share GIS data. As they did this they also changed their copyright and access policies due t

[Talk-us] USGS has no problem using information from copyrighted maps

First, I'm not trying to start an argument or even a civilized discussion about our policies in this matter. I just found this interesting. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1196597 is "Rosslyn Station", a former railway station in Pennsylvania. The source cited for