Re: Open Street Maps

Scott Walde wrote:

> Map makers are known
> for hiding copyright traps in their maps -- misspellings of street
> names, wrong street names, streets that don't exist, and go right
> through housing developments. If they find their trap in your map, your
> map can be considered a derived work.

Yup: I once worked for a lady who did ski/hiking maps of the central
Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Her 'gotcha' was a fictitious
"Toe Jam Lake". 8-)

The OS mapping project you describe brings joy to a retired geographer's
heart, not to mention the temptation to buy a GPS. I take it JOSM is a
Linux app?
Received on Thu Mar 1 10:16:38 2007