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Does this allow me to use purchased images as a reference for OpenStreetMap contributions? Or even better, donate them to OpenStreetMap for other contributors t
by aendruk 4y ago
Does this allow me to use purchased images as a reference for OpenStreetMap contributions? Or even better, donate them to OpenStreetMap for other contributors to reference?
Occasionally the available imagery around important features is too outdated (e.g. completed construction of public infrastructure) and I’d love to be able to fund a prioritized update.
- lucb1e 4y agoI read elsewhere in the thread that the license allows basically anything, provided that you aren't making money and that you give credit. The latter is the hard part. Would a source=... tag on the object be enough? Or does anyone using that part of the OSM map need to be made aware that this contains data based on skyfi? There are no methods currently for doing the latter.
- habi 4y agoIANAL, but an avid mapper with OpenStretMap. Contributors are listed at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors (via https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). A written document by skyfi allowing the use of their images for tracing would be necessary.
- lucb1e 4y agoFar from every application does that, nor would it be practical. As skifi won't be the contributor (I would, for example), it also wouldn't show up there. There is no mechanism to make attribution work if anyone who sees the derived material needs to be made aware of the source rather than just setting a source tag.