Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Nic Roets
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Nic Roets wrote: > BUT on OSM-legal-talk many people have argued that facts cannot be > copyrighted. IMO gps tracks are facts, so we should be able to use > them for OSM. Ok Ivan from legal-talk says individual facts are free, but collections are protected in most

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Nic Roets
Hi Hein. Thanks for the gpsed site. I hope it's like the sportstracker.nokia.com , where I recently found many good mountain bike routes. Some of them were recorded during special events (e.g. races) for which landowners may have opened their properties / gates. So blindly importing is out of the

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Heinz Meulke
You can set the tracks to Public or Private In the FAQ I found this *What do the track statuses Private/Public mean and what do I need them for? * All tracks recorded online are saved on the server and are available for review and management on www.gpsed.com . When you start a

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Grant Slater
Heinz Meulke wrote: > > I was wondering, a website like gpsed makes all tracks available, > everyone can download the gpx tracks > > please see link below for an example (I chose a random track someone > drove) > > http://gpsed.com/track/6488966512226744075 > > > I had a look to see if there was

[OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi everyone I was wondering, a website like gpsed makes all tracks available, everyone can download the gpx tracks please see link below for an example (I chose a random track someone drove) http://gpsed.com/track/6488966512226744075 I had a look to see if there was any copyright on the data a