Sajjad:
When you say "we" in your replies below it is not clear to whom you refer.
If we are speaking of the OpenStreetMap community in general, there is
no organisation as such, and therefore we must confirm whether a single
user license applies to citizens or volunteers contributing to OSM.
If we are speaking of a company like MapBox or educational institution
like HBCSE-TIFR, then it is my understanding that the terms of use are
different.
This is definitely the case for organisations hosting their own services
based on data downloaded or sourced from NSRC, but again it is not very
restrictive as the policy is meant to encourage dissemination.
In both cases I am satisfied there are no liability or licensing issues
beyond the usual attribution/citation. Ask a lawyer if you want.
I'm not sure why downloads are a bottleneck for users who just want the
wms or tiles services from Bhuvan, which is what most people in the OSM
community would need.
At HBCSE-TIFR we are also in touch with folks from ISRO and NSRC so
let's perhaps pool these queries from this thread and maybe send them
altogether to our contacts in the concerned agencies.
Best,
Shekhar
On Monday 25 May 2015 01:25 PM, Sajjad Anwar wrote:
Hey Shekhar -
Thanks for getting to the bottom of this. I think we are off to a
great start. The policy doesn't seem to be too restrictive, which I
find very positive.
"Terms of uses and Citation Policy:
"1. NRSC/ISRO grants only single user license for the use of Bhuvan -
Thematic Services from this web portal without requiring specific
permission.
Single user license is unclear. Can this be an organisation?
"iii. User can use the services to produce Value Added Services and/or
derivative works;
What's the capacity to which we can do this? But this is definitely
interesting for OpenStreetMap.
"x. Users must invariably acknowledge the data and web service source and
use. The source of the data and service will be cited as described in FAQ
Page 'How Do I Acknowledge?'
Definitely. We take attribution seriously anyway.
"12. Why limited tiles are allowed for download in a day?
As per the NRSC open data access policy, the users are allowed to download
20 tiles (10x10) per day for Cartosat1-DEM 20 tiles (10x10) per day for
AWiFS and 20 tiles 15'x15' perday for LISS-III for an effective user and
bandwidth management at server end.
This is clearly a bottleneck. Also we should probably not depend on
NRSC's infrastructure while opening this in OpenStreetMap. Unsure how
reliable it is going to be.
Shekhar - what do you think our next step is?
I'm sending this to couple of contacts at the Indian Institute of
Remote Sensing and see what they think.
Cheers,
Sajjad.
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