On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Russ Nelson <r...@cloudmade.com> wrote: > > On May 16, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > >> El Sábado, 16 de Mayo de 2009, Valent Turkovic escribió: >>> >>> We really need higher resolution images in order to make better >>> openstreetmaps for Croatia. >> >> I encourage you to talk with Croatia's "State Geodetic Administration" >> (www.dgu.hr) . They should have both maps and aerial images, and >> asking them >> for permission won't hurt. > > Yes, you should always ask such an entity. Chances are pretty good > that they already have aerial imagery and geodata. Different > government entities have different policies. The US Government has > the principle that it cannot claim copyright on data produced at > taxpayer expense, so everything it does is public domain. Some state > governments feel the same way. Others are wiling to share, but only > within a closed group (like the New York State GIS Consortium -- which > I liken to the Roach Motel of geodata: data checks in, but it never > checks out). The only way to find out is to ask. And if they try to > claim copyright, you could point out that the US Government provides > all its information freely. Whether they like the USG or not, that's > a reason to do better than them (us). >
They have a price list on their pages, giving away maps is out of the question for them ;( That is why we are dependent on Yahoo to provide maps and that is why some of them are looking at google maps even if they shouldn't :( Valent. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
