Okay, I've heard back, The original data I built on and all the data I added has no licensing restrictions for distributions and is allowed for public use. In fact the non-profit organization AMDSP.ca <https://amdsp.ca/about-amdsp.html> has locally maintained data from a number of municipalities/urban areas in Alberta. They got back to me that their road data in Alberta is open for public use and freely to be shared. Municipalities actually have to pay to be a member with them before they can submit their local data to be shared and they have strict rules to make sure the data maintains integrity.
So now that I know there are no licensing issues, how should I submit my data and what fields of data do you need for roads? *Jason Carlson* IT/GIS Administrator *403.772.3793* *Starland County* *Morrin, AB * *(403) 772-3793* *www.starlandcounty.com <http://www.starlandcounty.com/>* *Our organization accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. The content of this message is confidential. If you have received it by mistake, please inform us by an email reply and then delete the message. It is forbidden to copy, forward, or in any way reveal the contents of this message to anyone. * On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 12:16 PM Jarek Piórkowski <ja...@piorkowski.ca> wrote: > The limitation is generally licensing. > > Openstreetmap can accept an import of data that is freely licensed, but > the criteria for "freely" are fairly strict - most Canadian cities' "open > data" don't meet it. If you're familiar with Creative Commons, the license > will likely have to be as free or more free as cc-by-sa. In particular, a > lot of Canadian open data licenses have indemnification clauses which rule > them out as sources. > > Otherwise, if you're familiar with the area you can try editing the roads > manually - there is a number of satellite imagery sources which has been > approved for tracing in OSM, and you can use personal knowledge as source > for things like road surfaces or widths. > > --Jarek > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 13:55 Jason Carlson, <ja...@starlandcounty.com> > wrote: > >> I noticed a number of roads in our county are incorrect in our area (as >> are most rural areas with next to no population). I recently rebuilt all >> our GIS road data and submitted it to an organization that then >> redistributes it to emergency dispatch services and about 25 >> organizations/companies. I did not see OpenStreetMap as one of the ones >> they send data too so I was wondering if I could submit that data myself to >> them? >> >> Jason >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >
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