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Aerial Imagery of 95% of New Zealand released under open license

126 points by polemic 12y ago

chippy 12y ago
The license is: CC BY 3.0 NZ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/
- deleted 12y ago
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- userbinator 12y ago
  Why exactly is there a "New Zealand" version of the license, and how does it differ from the regular CC BY 3.0 ?
  - hrjet 12y ago
    Interesting question. I clicked through the link on the country flag and found this page: [1]. Relevant extract: In the past, when it was demonstrated that a ported license was needed, Creative Commons worked with experts to craft a localized version of its six, core international licenses. Over 50 ported license suites exist. These ported licenses are based on and compatible with the international license suite, differing only in that they have been modified to reflect local nuances in how terms and conditions are expressed, drafting protocols and, of course, language. They are effective worldwide, as is the international license suite. [1] : http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_Affiliate_Network http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_Affiliate_Network
  - _delirium 12y ago
    In pre-4.0 versions of the CC licenses, they produced "ported" versions that were intended to adapt the general principles of each license to the specifics of each jurisdiction's norms/terminology. 4.0 seems to have dropped that and written "international" licenses instead.
  - gxc40 12y ago
    Different countries have different laws and language. NZ differences from England and Wales (seemingly out of date): http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/international/nz/english-changes.pdf http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/international/nz/english-... For example, you'll see that "attorney" is not a term of the art in NZ, and "adaptation" is preferred over "derivative work" to bring the terminology in line with NZ law. For other versions see http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Jurisdiction_Database http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Jurisdiction_Database
bonjourmr 12y ago
A similar, albeit private yet arguably more intuitive, Australian alternative: http://nearmap.com/au http://nearmap.com/au
_puk 12y ago
Minecraft version or it didn't happen ;) Great to see more and more of these official maps becoming available. Is this something that can be (has been?) incorporated into the likes of OpenStreetMap? The full dataset (544GB) is available to download or order, so presumably it is technically possible.
- mejackreed 12y ago
  Not necessarily. OpenStreetMap relies on users to digitize features. Many of the OSM editors already include imagery from other providers. My guess would be digitizing from this imagery would not be much different and not worth the effort. The Landsat [1] program is another great contribution for imagery. Though lately programs like these have been in jeopardy with the congressional cut of everything science [2]. [1] http://landsatlook.usgs.gov/ http://landsatlook.usgs.gov/ [2] http://ens-newswire.com/2013/08/08/uncertain-funding-jeopardizes-u-s-land-imaging-satellites/ http://ens-newswire.com/2013/08/08/uncertain-funding-jeopard...
- Doctor_Fegg 12y ago
  OpenStreetMap does indeed sometimes mirror and serve up free imagery sets like this so that contributors can trace from it. Sometimes it's the OSM sysadmins doing this on OSM hardware, often it's just individual contributors doing it for their area. If our worldwide imagery supporters (Bing and Mapbox Satellite) provide equal-quality imagery then there's no great urgency. But these local sources can often be better than what's available elsewhere.
- polemic 12y ago
  Hah, well there are national DEMs available, and land use datasets - you could generate a natural landscape minecraft map quite easily. > Is this something that can be (has been?) incorporated into the likes of OpenStreetMap? It's worth nothing that LINZ have been extremely helpful with things like licensing and funding to get core topographic data into the OSM set for New Zealand. See this page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ
nabla9 12y ago
Finland has had this since 2012. It really helps small companies who develop gis and map applications as well as hobbyists. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata/list-of-the-digital-data-products-to-be-opened http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata/list-of-the-digi...
- polemic 12y ago
  Not just small companies - the highest users of this data are large engineering consultancies, research institutions are various central and local government agencies. Then GIS firms, architects and planners. Hobbyists use the data, for sure, but there are massive economic benefits in this data, for many industries.
orthecreedence 12y ago
Would be really cool if Aerofly (http://www.aeroflyfs.com/ http://www.aeroflyfs.com/) did a New Zealand map.
baconhigh 12y ago
There was an error querying that location.
triggercut 12y ago
First thing I randomly zoomed in on was a sheep.

126 points by polemic 12y ago

The license is: CC BY 3.0 NZ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/

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userbinator 12y ago
Why exactly is there a "New Zealand" version of the license, and how does it differ from the regular CC BY 3.0 ?
- hrjet 12y ago
  Interesting question. I clicked through the link on the country flag and found this page: [1]. Relevant extract: In the past, when it was demonstrated that a ported license was needed, Creative Commons worked with experts to craft a localized version of its six, core international licenses. Over 50 ported license suites exist. These ported licenses are based on and compatible with the international license suite, differing only in that they have been modified to reflect local nuances in how terms and conditions are expressed, drafting protocols and, of course, language. They are effective worldwide, as is the international license suite. [1] : http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_Affiliate_Network http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_Affiliate_Network
- _delirium 12y ago
  In pre-4.0 versions of the CC licenses, they produced "ported" versions that were intended to adapt the general principles of each license to the specifics of each jurisdiction's norms/terminology. 4.0 seems to have dropped that and written "international" licenses instead.
- gxc40 12y ago
  Different countries have different laws and language. NZ differences from England and Wales (seemingly out of date): http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/international/nz/english-changes.pdf http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/international/nz/english-... For example, you'll see that "attorney" is not a term of the art in NZ, and "adaptation" is preferred over "derivative work" to bring the terminology in line with NZ law. For other versions see http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Jurisdiction_Database http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Jurisdiction_Database

bonjourmr 12y ago

A similar, albeit private yet arguably more intuitive, Australian alternative: http://nearmap.com/au http://nearmap.com/au

_puk 12y ago

Minecraft version or it didn't happen ;) Great to see more and more of these official maps becoming available. Is this something that can be (has been?) incorporated into the likes of OpenStreetMap? The full dataset (544GB) is available to download or order, so presumably it is technically possible.

mejackreed 12y ago
Not necessarily. OpenStreetMap relies on users to digitize features. Many of the OSM editors already include imagery from other providers. My guess would be digitizing from this imagery would not be much different and not worth the effort. The Landsat [1] program is another great contribution for imagery. Though lately programs like these have been in jeopardy with the congressional cut of everything science [2]. [1] http://landsatlook.usgs.gov/ http://landsatlook.usgs.gov/ [2] http://ens-newswire.com/2013/08/08/uncertain-funding-jeopardizes-u-s-land-imaging-satellites/ http://ens-newswire.com/2013/08/08/uncertain-funding-jeopard...
Doctor_Fegg 12y ago
OpenStreetMap does indeed sometimes mirror and serve up free imagery sets like this so that contributors can trace from it. Sometimes it's the OSM sysadmins doing this on OSM hardware, often it's just individual contributors doing it for their area. If our worldwide imagery supporters (Bing and Mapbox Satellite) provide equal-quality imagery then there's no great urgency. But these local sources can often be better than what's available elsewhere.
polemic 12y ago
Hah, well there are national DEMs available, and land use datasets - you could generate a natural landscape minecraft map quite easily. > Is this something that can be (has been?) incorporated into the likes of OpenStreetMap? It's worth nothing that LINZ have been extremely helpful with things like licensing and funding to get core topographic data into the OSM set for New Zealand. See this page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ

nabla9 12y ago

Finland has had this since 2012. It really helps small companies who develop gis and map applications as well as hobbyists. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata/list-of-the-digital-data-products-to-be-opened http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/opendata/list-of-the-digi...

polemic 12y ago
Not just small companies - the highest users of this data are large engineering consultancies, research institutions are various central and local government agencies. Then GIS firms, architects and planners. Hobbyists use the data, for sure, but there are massive economic benefits in this data, for many industries.

orthecreedence 12y ago

Would be really cool if Aerofly (http://www.aeroflyfs.com/ http://www.aeroflyfs.com/) did a New Zealand map.

baconhigh 12y ago

There was an error querying that location.

triggercut 12y ago

First thing I randomly zoomed in on was a sheep.