On 16 September 2010 07:58, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > Or did you mean CommonMap? > http://commonmap.info
Unlikely, since CommonMap is cc-by, not cc-by-sa... > Or did you mean SharedMap? > http://www.sharedmap.org At this stage this is run and used by a single person, perhaps this will expand in future, although others have expressed similar sentiments about running their own personal repositories, so perhaps he's on to something. > You overlook the obvious, that discussion can lead to additional > rights grants from publishers. And how many years must we wait before they'll be concluded? > In the interim, those tired of listening to license-chat, can go > mapping. They can decide that they don't care about a few loud, Or keep arm chair mapping from existing sources, for those that are allowed to. > repeated voices[1] haggling over non-mapping matters, they can get a > new account, and map from ground survey and direct observation, Why exactly do they need a new account just to do ground surveying? Or are you making the assumption that there could be a great deal of data lost because they have edits mixed with Nearmap or other sources of data, I wonder how many that will upset when they figure out you've just wiped out 1-2 years worth of work... > knowing that their contributions will be able to carry forward with > OpenStreetMap. Perhaps you may come to realise that some don't care that their contributions to go elsewhere, regardless where they go in the interim, they just care about getting on and mapping in their usual work flow until such times that that is no longer possible, at which point they'll either give up completely or go on to another project that has kept all their existing edits. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
