tomtom on the Neo1973

Steven ** montgoss+openmokocommunity at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 21:23:41 CEST 2007


On 4/2/07, Steven ** <montgoss+openmokocommunity at gmail.com> wrote:
> According to OSM's wiki
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Getting_Involved#Recording_tracks_using_a_GPS_receiver
> Step 5), it would be a copyright violation to use Google Maps in any
> way to fill data into OSM.  OSM insists in their guides that you note
> street names while you're traveling, since looking them up after the
> fact would constitute copyright violation.

Err...  I meant Step 4.
"if you plan to later make up the roads take some notes of the street
names etc (unless you already know them - you cannot later get them
from (or check them on) a map as this would infringe copyright)."

-Steven




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