On 1 April 2010 19:30, Aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Although deriving geocoordinates from google maps for
wikipedia (under
us law) is okay, I would prefer not doing so and use osm, NASA
worldwind and other public domain or open licensed sources. (gps okay
too, though that gets into other questions). But the deed is done in
regards to coordinates and I see enough consensus among wikipedians
about facts not being copyrightable, so I'm not so interested in
debating that
Except it doesn't stop at geocoordinates.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Formula_One_circuits_maps
Is for the most part directly traced from various google earth satellite pics.
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geni