Hi,
the new iD editor allows to supply a custom imagery layer.
Nothing prevents users from using google maps there and start copying.
A while ago we agreed that making it too easy is not intended. JOSM has
code to block Google from being used.
I had created issue 662 requesting a similar thing for iD which was
closed withing minutes as "won't fix".
https://github.com/systemed/iD/issues/662
Is this new consensus in the community to make copyright violation too easy?
The JOSM code was added as a reaction because users had been copying
from google aerial imagery, claiming it being legal and ignoring OSM
consensus.
When it did not work in the past to tell people "don't use it", why do
we expect it to work now?
I would like to hear more opinions in probably take another approach at
the iD developers in case we want to have it blocked.
On a side note, adding the right tag in the changeset does not work. A
changeset with google maps used as imagery is having this tag:
"imagery_used = Bing"
For custom imagery I suggest to include the used URL, so at least we
know what was used.
Created Issue for this:
https://github.com/systemed/iD/issues/663
Stephan
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