Hi I can understand the sensitivity and required care but with geographical features the traditional resources have been maps and so you are a bit trapped. I can understand tracing from copyright work is not on but sounds like checking the spelling of a name Is even taboo.
Just as an aside, more than a few copyright sources get things wrong plus even the authorities with the classic being different spelling of a location on the reverse side if a sign. How do you check this? Copyrighting town names does not sound legitimate even on commercial products. Yes I accept taking a list line by line is dubious practice but referring to a source for a check sounds ok. Basically the reason I know many names is from maps or people that had referred to maps. Surely that is legitimate?. But yes the aim must always to avoid a redaction mark two, three, etc. Cheers Brett On 09/09/2012, at 3:07 PM, "Richard Weait" <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > [ ... ] >> IMHO, it's perfectly valid to consult other maps (Bing, Google Maps, >> Melway, whatever) for street names, > > I disagree in the strongest possible terms. It is not perfectly valid > to use those resources for OpenStreetMap and you are advised in every > reference against using such resources. > > Don't copy anything into OpenStreetMap from any published map or other > source without explicit permission. > > Map the things that you observe in your personal surveys. Combine > those observations with the information from resources we have > explicit permission to use for OpenStreetMap. If you have doubts; > don't use a resource. And ask the License Working Group if you need > help with related issues. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
