On 03/01/2010 11:36, Colin Smale wrote:
> While searching the internet for arbitration in a case where "local
> wisdom" appeared to conflict with OSM data I came across the Kent County
> Council Highways Gazetteer. It contains a "complete" list of roads in
> Kent, including their reference, road number, name, official
> classification, parish and length.
>
> It's a PDF file, linked from here:
> http://www.kent.gov.uk/roads_and_transport/transport_policies/road_status/adopted_and_private_streets.aspx
>
> I would like to use this document to classify minor roads correctly as
> "unclassified" or "tertiary", add the official road number, at least to
> the "tertiary" roads, i.e. C-roads, and possibly "access=permissive"
> where the road is a privately maintained road (assuming unhindered
> access etc. as described on the Wiki).
>
> There is no sign of any OS-encumbrances; there is no real location
> information in the file. The KCC (together with district councils I
> assume) can be considered a fairly authoritative source for this
> information.
>
> Would it be OK to derive tagging in this way? Should we get explicit
> permission from KCC first? Anyone got any experience with this, or
> example emails for this kind of request?
From the About Us section of that site:
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OSM is not "solely ... for private or educational use".
That's not to say they wouldn't say yes if asked, but their default
position is that it is not allowed. Make sure you make it clear that the
ccbysa license requires us to make the data available to anyone who
wants it afterwards, so they understand that a "yes" means they are
effectively making that particular data available freely to anyone for
any purpose.
David
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