Google's Terms of Use prevent us reusing their Streetview in OSM, see
section 2d.
I live in a European country and would prefer that you do not disrespect
our legal system.
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cheers
Chris Hill (chillly)
On 08/07/2020 14:57, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
On 07/07/2020 18.04, Paul Allen wrote:
Copyright prevents us using Google Streetview for mapping, but we
can use it for illustrative purposes.
Honestly, I would *strongly* question whether that is enforceable in
the US (maybe it is in some overprotective European nations?). When I
take a picture of something, the *expression* of the scene I capture
is subject to copyright, but the *subject matter* is not. (Well, not
subject to *my* copyright, anyway; something like a sculpture or
building can be copyrighted by the creator thereof.) Neither Google
nor anyone else can copyright facts by recording them in a photograph.
There is a related issue that the information may well be out of date,
but I honestly can't see an enforceable copyright claim.
Now, that said, if you are trying to derive accurate geoposition
information from Google, you *might* have an issue. I cannot, however,
see an enforceable claim of something like "such-and-such intersection
has a 'no left turns' sign".
Because if you followed that Streetview walk, you'd have countered 33
dwellings in that terrace. It's nice to be able to give them addresses.
Yes, they *absolutely* should have at least individual addresses,
please! My prior residence "doesn't exist" in OSM because the single
building only has the address of the unit two over from mine. This
makes it harder for someone to find said house using OSM.
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