That's great Donie,

Will your request also cover openstreetmap or will we need to make a
seperate application?

Dan

On 01/10/2013, Donie Kelly <donie.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> By the state of the kmz file it was thrown together as it doesn't look like
> it was surveyed. On some motorway sections it even has the start and end
> points on different sides of the road.
>
> This may be deliberate to make it awkward to use but we have come up an
> algorithm to sort it out.
>
> My goal is to source the data and hopefully submit it to OSM for submission
> as it's a big job to add it manually. There are 727 zones at present.
>
> I would rather my app could obtain the data from OSM as it could dynamically
> update but v1 will not be doing this.
>
> I've just got a response from An Garda that my request has been passed up
> the chain.
>
> Fingers crossed.
>
> Donie
>
>> On 1 Oct 2013, at 18:04, Aidan McGinley <aidmcgin+openstreet...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> It would appear this data is subject to some form of licence that means
>> it
>> is not really "public domain".  The OSM guidelines are clear about how to
>> deal with this.  Approach the owner of the data and get permission to use
>> the data under OSM terms.  If there's any doubts after that contact the
>> Licensing Working Group.  I know it sucks to have all that process, but
>> it
>> would be a shame to use the data and then have to pull it out later down
>> the line.
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#2b._XYZ_Organisation_has_data_for_free_download_under_licence_N._Can_I_use_it_in_OSM.3F
>>
>>
>>> On 1 October 2013 17:57, Richard Cantwell <manaboutco...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>> The key issue here is how did the Gardai or whoever made the .kmz for
>>> them
>>> source the data. If it was traced from an Ordnance Survey map or Google
>>> Maps then we can't import it into OpenStreetMap as it is 'derived data'
>>> and
>>> has copyright conditions attached to it. My suspicion is that this is
>>> probably the case, but if you were to contact the Gardai they might be
>>> able
>>> to confirm either way.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> -=-
>>> Sent from my phone
>>>
>>>> On 1 Oct 2013, at 17:45, Daniel Cussen <d...@post.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you read here:
>>>> http://psi.gov.ie/home/
>>>>
>>>> It says
>>>> "The Directive has been transposed into Irish law ..which places an
>>>> obligation on public sector bodies to provide information about
>>>> material that they are prepared to release under the Directive. The
>>>> Regulations also give powers to the Minister for Public Expenditure
>>>> and Reform to require public sector bodies to supply information to
>>>> him and to specify the format."
>>>>
>>>> so I think you would still need to contact the Gardai, as far as I can
>>> make out.
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/10/2013, Donie Kelly <donie.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Does this data not fall under fair use they being a public body? How
>>>>> can
>>>>> they copyright it?  I'm not an expert on copyright law btw :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Can this information be obtained under the freedom of information act
>>> and
>>>>> used for whatever?
>>>>>
>>>>> Donie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1 Oct 2013, at 17:28, Daniel Cussen <d...@post.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is copyright info here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=1442&Lang=1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You might need to ask for permission. Anyone want to ring the Gardai
>>>>>> press office!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01/10/2013, Daniel Cussen <d...@post.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> The data is hosted on the Gardai website. I am not sure on copyright
>>>>>>> information
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The zones can be viewed here:
>>>>>>> http://www.garda.ie/gosafe.htm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More info on the actual database, and how to extract it etc is here:
>>>>>>> https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056903045
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> along with the fixed camera positions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 01/10/2013, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 30/09/13 21:01, Daniel Cussen wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I did some work in the past moving the Gardai mobile speed camera
>>>>>>>>> database over to a format for Garmin. Could someone look at
>>>>>>>>> possibly
>>>>>>>>> importing the garda data into openstreetmap? I don't know if it
>>> would
>>>>>>>>> be possible.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The database does not include the speed limits, just a start and
>>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>>> location. I don't know what tags should be used and how useful the
>>>>>>>>> results would be on an off the shelf sat Nav.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is also a seperate file with fixed speed camera locations
>>> (there
>>>>>>>>> are very few) which could be a related project.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ideas/thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hiya Dan.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good idea. Where did you get the data? One of the biggest problems
>>> with
>>>>>>>> importing data into OSM is that a lot of map data is copyrighted in
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> way that doesn't allow import into OSM.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rory
>>>>>>
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