Hi,

I haven't read this thread in full but it has come to my attention that people in this thread have argued that it would be acceptable to use Google StreetView pictures when mapping.

It is not.

The legal situation may be debatable and indeed differ from country to country but Google's terms of use do not permit making derivative works of their imagery and distributing them.

As a project, our general approach to any situation where something was not totally clear legally has always been to err on the side of caution. If someone says that we cannot use this data then we won't, even if there are people who say that it might still be legal to do so.

So don't use Google Street View for mapping unless you have explicit permission from Google to do so.

Bye
Frederik

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