Comments on: Liberating your My Maps data http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Google bids fare-thee-well to TA in the US of A | J2ME GPS http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1897 Google bids fare-thee-well to TA in the US of A | J2ME GPS Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:33:25 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1897 [...] sure Google will now want to release this data due to popular support given their own want to know “… why do they [Transport for London] make it so difficult [...] [...] sure Google will now want to release this data due to popular support given their own want to know “… why do they [Transport for London] make it so difficult [...]

]]> By: Open Mobile Map » Google bids fare-thee-well to TA in the US of A http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1896 Open Mobile Map » Google bids fare-thee-well to TA in the US of A Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:08:39 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1896 [...] sure Google will now want to release this data due to popular support given their own want to know “… why do they [Transport for London] make it so difficult [...] [...] sure Google will now want to release this data due to popular support given their own want to know “… why do they [Transport for London] make it so difficult [...]

]]> By: John http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1895 John Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:21:51 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1895 So you wil be now? http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-world-your-map.html So you wil be now? http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-world-your-map.html

]]> By: Planet Street Map » Google bids fare-thee-well to TA in the US of A http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1894 Planet Street Map » Google bids fare-thee-well to TA in the US of A Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:28:03 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1894 [...] sure Google will now want to release this data due to popular support given their own want to know “… why do they [Transport for London] make it so difficult [...] [...] sure Google will now want to release this data due to popular support given their own want to know “… why do they [Transport for London] make it so difficult [...]

]]> By: John http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1893 John Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:34:47 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1893 Ed I too appreciate that you are taking the time to respond to these questions. Ed I too appreciate that you are taking the time to respond to these questions.

]]> By: Guillermo Sansovic http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1892 Guillermo Sansovic Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:27:30 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1892 Sorry I forgot to mention the site in my previous post. It is http://flof.com.ar/ By the way you were right guessing the number of POIs: about 15000. Sorry I forgot to mention the site in my previous post. It is http://flof.com.ar/

By the way you were right guessing the number of POIs: about 15000.

]]> By: Ed http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1891 Ed Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:06:48 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1891 Guillermo, Without seeing the site it impossible to be definitive, the issue is with the bulk export of points and as others have pointed out it is not easy to define bulk in any universal sense, a thousand points nobody would have issue with, millions of points would be clearly "bulk" My guess is the site you mention is somewhere between these two extremes.. Guillermo,

Without seeing the site it impossible to be definitive, the issue is with the bulk export of points and as others have pointed out it is not easy to define bulk in any universal sense, a thousand points nobody would have issue with, millions of points would be clearly “bulk”

My guess is the site you mention is somewhere between these two extremes..

]]> By: Guillermo Sansovic http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/#comment-1890 Guillermo Sansovic Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:53:05 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1003#comment-1890 Ed, The explanation is still a bit confusing to me. I have a simple example that will help clarify the ideas involved. There is a site in Argentina that collects POIs. It's very simple: you click on a Google map or satellite image (using the Google Maps api, of course) and create a new POI, which you then tag. The very home page of this site explains that all POIs are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license. There is also a way to download all the POIs in the site. I understand by your comments that they own these POIs which they are licensing under a license compatible with OSM. Is bulk uploading all these POIs to OSM a violation of Google ToS? Ed,

The explanation is still a bit confusing to me.

I have a simple example that will help clarify the ideas involved.

There is a site in Argentina that collects POIs. It’s very simple: you click on a Google map or satellite image (using the Google Maps api, of course) and create a new POI, which you then tag.

The very home page of this site explains that all POIs are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license.

There is also a way to download all the POIs in the site.

I understand by your comments that they own these POIs which they are licensing under a license compatible with OSM.

Is bulk uploading all these POIs to OSM a violation of Google ToS?

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