Steve Bennett wrote: > But...where do you get the street name from? I think there's a > general policy that you can't copy it off other maps...but why, > exactly? How can a piece of information like the name of the > street be copyright?
Quick answer as requested: 1. Your jurisdiction may give databases of facts protection over and above the facts themselves. Simplifying hugely, the EU does, the US doesn't. http://www.iusmentis.com/databases/ for more. 2. The Terms of Use for Google Maps (or whatever) may forbid it through contract. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Sourcing-street-names---what%27s-the-policy%2C-and-why--tp26992382p26993048.html Sent from the OpenStreetMap - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
