On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 23:36 +0100, 80n wrote: > Do you think that Google haven't considered the possibilty of > incorporating OSM data into their MapMaker database? Why do you think > they haven't? Perhaps our data is not good enough for them? Or > perhaps, legally, they don't think they have the right?
I think the 'not good' enough argument pretty much hits the nail on the head. As great as our data may be, any commercial entity probably has access to similar data, which they can probably get with some sort of quality assurance guarantee. If google wants maps of a city/town/state, they just goto the government of the area and get it. They know its complete, they know its accurate, they know if theres a problem with the data that theres only one source to contact. > There is zero chance that any large organisation would try to use > OSM's CC-BY-SA licensed map data and think that they would get away > with it. This may also be because the owners of the CC-BY-SA data, arent necessarily individuals. In the Australian case, if someone tried to use the Australian OSM data without attribution, it wouldnt just be an individual user who was interested in suing, but quite possibly several government departments and organisations who have supplied this licenced data. I doubt the ABS will be too keen on hearing of people using their data without attribution. David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
