That sounds promising! Do you think you could ask the person you're communicating with to issue a formal letter of release / permission letter from Strava to the OSMF, for the use of their hi-res tiles.
/Erwin On Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 16:12 <pang...@riseup.net> wrote: > Hi > > This is very good news! > > I updated the wiki. Lets integrate this in our editors. > > Cheers > pangoSE > > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Rodrigo Davies <rdav...@strava.com> > Sent: November 16, 2019 6:59:19 AM GMT+01:00 > To: "pang...@riseup.net" <pang...@riseup.net> > Subject: Re: Permission to trace from heatmap > > Hi pangoSE, > > I chatted with our geo team and we don’t currently see a problem with you > continuing this practice. We’re big fans of OSM. > > Out of interest, are you aware of this tool? > http://strava.github.io/iD/#background=Bing&map=17.00/-110.02947/53.27094 > > Best > Rodrigo > > > — > Rodrigo Davies > Senior Product Manager, Metro > Strava | San Francisco, USA > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: <pang...@riseup.net> > > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 21:39 > > Subject: Permission to trace from heatmap > > To: <tknig...@strava.com> > > > > > > Hi 😃 > > > > I would love to improve OSM by tracing missing paths from your heatmap. > > Are you willing to permit this to OSM users? > > > > Currently OSM is the best outdoor map in Sweden but unfortunately a lot > of > > paths is still missing in my area. > > I would love to use your heatmap to help me trace and visit new paths and > > add them to the map. > > > > Note that in 2014 we got the permission from Paul Mach, Former Director > of > > Strava Labs: > > "https://twitter.com/paulmach/status/455182880306905088 > > Guillaume Rischard: «OK to use heatmap in JOSM editor?» > > Paul Mach, Former Director of Strava Labs: «Feel free to use the heatmap > > tiles for any map editing» > > 13 apr 2014" > > > > I believe that this is win-win situation for Strava and OSM. Strava could > > increase their brand recognition and realize better quality maps if this > > were permitted. A lot of OSM-contributors are potential Strava users > also. > > There are literally millions of OSM contributors. > > > > I look forward to you response and hope that you will give back to the > > community by allowing this use of the wonderful heatmap. > > > > Cheers > > pangoSE > > > -- > > Rodrigo Davies > Team Lead / Product Manager > San Francisco, CA | U.S.A > > metro.strava.com <http://www.metro.strava.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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