And again, I sent this to Richard instead of Talk-GB On 1 April 2010 09:44, Russ Phillips <r...@phillipsuk.org> wrote: > On 1 April 2010 09:25, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> wrote: >> Gregory wrote: >>> Without restrictions? Does that mean no attribution, it sounds like PD. >>> Or does it mean they haven't told us the exact license yet but it will >>> be "nice"? >> >> The latter, I think. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata/ is either >> still password-protected or Slashdotted as I write (well, more likely >> Guardian-ed)... a prize to the first person who can get through and find >> out. ;) > > My reading of it is that it's roughly equivalent to CC-BY. There's a > paragraph at the end that says: > "These terms have been aligned to be interoperable with any Creative > Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. This means that you may mix the > information with Creative Commons licensed content to create a > derivative work that can be distributed under any Creative Commons > Attribution 3.0 Licence." > >> A more sensible approach: >> >> Let's use OS data as one of the many sources that helps us map. Quite >> often I'll add something to the map based on a combination of survey, >> previous experience, out-of-copyright sources (e.g. NPE), maybe an >> openly licensed photo (e.g. Geograph), other map information (e.g. >> street names on NAPTaN nodes), and so on; I'm sure most OSMers are >> similarly catholic. >> >> OS data is one more source. I'd be happy using OS data to help complete >> Banbury and Worcester, for example, because these are places I know >> well; I can bring something extra to the map. But I don't think it would >> do OSM, or any users, any favours if I were to import OS data for >> Bradford, where I've never been. If you want the raw OS map of Bradford, >> you might as well use the OS map. The guy who knows Bradford should be >> the one to add those streets into OSM. > > I'm inclined to agree. I'm originally from Maltby, a mining village > near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. I've been slowly mapping it with my > GPS when I've gone to visit people, and I've added some roads from > NPE. I know it well enough to be sure that the roads I add from NPE > are still there. In the same way, I could use OS data to add roads, > then use on-the-ground surveying to add more detail as & when I get > the chance. > > Russ >
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