On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:36:14AM +0200, Erik Johansson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Stefan Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 11:58 +1000, Joseph Gentle wrote: > >> > >> Good for filling in all the missing street names. > > Interesting question. Are we allowed to use street view images [...] > [...] > And since they are facts and not *indexed* in a database so it should be ok.
That argument surely applies to aerial images also, and yet consensus is that getting facts from them would create a derived work incompatible with our licence. I'd suggest we should keep clear of the temptation to use Street View images, unless we get a cast-iron guarentee that there's no legal implications - and stick to surveying in person until then. s _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
