On 16-5-2010 22:35, Martijn van Exel wrote: > I fail to see why there would be a problem, legally, to import > CORINE if the license is compatible. IGN/NGI would not be a party in > this, as the EEA licenses CORINE.
The NGI/IGN reference is for the CLC 2006 dataset specifically. The 2006 dataset is not publicly available from the EEA and has to be obtained through the participating national agencies. We already received permission to use the CLC 2006 dataset in The Netherlands, but we then have to buy the actual dataset. The point is moot, since we already have the much more detailed 3dShapes data. We can still use CLC (2000) to enrich 3dShapes classifications. For Belgium, it's different, and any broad addition of land cover to OSM would mostly be welcomed, I assume. > If it would be actually useful is another matter altogether. I think > it would look nice on lower zoom levels, and could be useful as a > starting point for individual mappers to improve upon, but more > detailed data may already be available which would make a blanket > import action undesirable. That's why we're not aiming for a blanket import, but a directed (but still national) import. See my previous reply about the import method and the comparison to existing OSM polygons. -- Lennard _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
