You may be interested in this conversation on the Wikipedia re geocoding coordinates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates#Legal_issues_relating_to_geocodes_derived_from_various_sources
Shaun On 20 Jul 2012, at 03:05, Alan Mintz wrote: > Is there a browser-viewable OSM-with-Bing-imagery-mashup somewhere that can > be used as citable source for Wikipedia? I'm suggesting OSM as a potential > source for accurate coordinates in WP articles, but realize that positioning > is not necessarily reliable unless specifically tagged or easily compared > against license-compatible imagery. > > I'm assuming: > > a) Getting coords from OSM and using them in WP (with cite) is allowed (is > there a standard cite format?) > b) Looking at the Bing imagery to confirm OSM positioning is allowed, so > looking at the two together is allowed to get coords even if the user doesn't > choose to edit OSM to reflect them. > > Note: I checked http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Online_Browsing before > writing this - none of the ones with worldwide coverage have the Bing sat > imagery. I realize that Potlatch and JOSM can do this - I'm looking for a > browser-only, no-login/no-edit solution. > > -- > Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
