Hi, Quite! You'll notice the Geograph link to the OS API explicitly states that the OS claims both copyright and database rights.
There also seems to be some confusion about OS licensing. Being included in the OS OpenSpace API (a free - as in beer - mapping API) does not mean that a map is open licenced. For example the1:50K 'Landranger' scale maps are included despite definitely not being Open Data, so I'm reasonabley sure that this dataset contains some unquantifiable degree of data derived from a non-OSM compatible source. Most of the heights should be derivable from OS Open Data mapping layers, either the general purpose raster maps at various scales or the specialist OS Terrain 50. Now I guess it could be argued that this means that the OS would be unlikely to care too much about this information, but as OSMs approach to is to be beyond reproach regarding such issues why don't we just use the OpenData datasets that are available to us? Kind regards, Adam On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 19:08, David Woolley <for...@david-woolley.me.uk> wrote: > On 23/02/2019 16:05, Silent Spike wrote: > > but I have always understood that heights and grid references are > > scientific fact and as such are not copyrightable. > > There is explicit legislation in the UK that establishes database rights > and it is actually those, rather than copyrights, that are the main > issue for open mapping. > > <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/part/III/made> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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