[Oer-community] A simple sample map to look at

Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wayne at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 14:31:22 MST 2012


Hi Everyone,

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Wayne



On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Caine, Abel <a.caine at unesco.org> wrote:

>   Hi Rory,
>
>  It's my limited understanding that when contributing data to Google
> Maps, you co-assign them copyright on the use of your data.
>
>  This allows them to sell the data without having to pay anyone royalties.
>
>  I don't believe you can ask them to delete the data (in case you made a
> mistake or just didn't feel like sharing).
>
>  You couldn't ask them for a copy of your data for a separate purpose.
> You most definitely cannot ask them for a (free) copy of all the data.
>
>  So all the OER enthusiasts who'd willingly contribute their initiatives
> to a Google Map wouldn't be able to download or access the data to build
> their own applications or simply to use another mapping application.
>
>  With OpenStreetMap, all  the back-end data is freely accessible. The OSM
> APIs are open for accessing the data from your own applications.
>
>  If somebody built a better map application, they could access and
> contribute to the same database, or if they wanted to, they take a whole
> database dump, and go off and build their own.
>
>  A few years ago, you needed very high level GIS skills, now with OSM and
> upper layer tools like Ushahidi (FOSS) and many very good front (mobile)
> tools like Mapzen (FOSS), a global map of OER initiatives can be built by
> many developers and doesn't need to be centralized.
>
>  Regards,
> Abel
>
>  Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 18 nov. 2012, at 21:12, "rory" <rory at athabascau.ca> wrote:
>
>  Teobaldo,
> Thanks. I too would prefer an open source solution. My point is  that
> Google does not own the data even if they own the software. No one owns the
> copyright on data, unless I am mistaken.
> All the best.
> Rory
> On 12-11-18 12:27 PM, Teobaldo Rivas wrote:
>
>  Dear Rory,
>
>  I think it's because the Google Maps was developed using proprietary
> technology and belongs Google. If they (Google) want, for any reason,  change
> the default characteristics of the product may do so without previous
> notice and may cause problems with information/data related to the map.
> I think it is good idea to Abel's suggestion, although I never used the
> FOSS-OpenStreetMap, but would be consistent we use FOSS infrastructure to
> support OER.
> All teh best, Teobaldo Rivas
>
>
>  Em 18/11/2012, às 15:54, rory at athabascau.ca escreveu:
>
>  FOSS-based OpenStreetMap
>
>
>
>
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