On 16 May 2010 05:27, Jonas Minnberg <sas...@gmail.com> wrote: > The time these come in handy is when they show the streets in a residential > area that don't otherwise have clear streetnames - usually when there are > lots of small ways in between the buildings. Then it's practically the only > way to know which road is named what.
No, there is usually local government collecting this information and if you ask nicely they usually give you the information. > Also if EVERYTHING written down was copyrighted then getting info from > street signs would also be breaking copyright. This starts getting into the debate over when a fact becomes knowledge... _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging