Hoi,
The position of a bridge, a building, a statue is a fact. It cannot be
copyrighted and the only reason for attribution of a map used to obtain such
a coordinate is to allow other people to verify the process. Coordinates are
available on many Wikipedia articles, they come from a wide variety of
sources and are provided by a large number of people. There is no way of
knowing what these people used to provide the information with. It is highly
irrelevant.
I had a look at your references to entries in mailing lists. The only thing
I find is people having an opinion but not providing arguments. Facts, among
them coordinates found in Wikipedia articles, are part of a CC-by-sa
resource and once extracted from Wikipedia it is no longer possible to claim
copyright and insist on a particular licensing scheme. When articles that
include coordinates are projected as an overlay on a map be it OpenStreetMap
or Google Maps / Earth such an overlay uses the maps as a backdrop to
provide orientation in the real world.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1 April 2010 12:07, jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com <
jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
On this note, there is no real discussion of the
copyright and
licensing issues on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Obtaining_geographic_coordinates#Goo…
It says :
There are various ways to obtain geographic coordinates. Note that
regardless of the source of coordinates, it is good practice to
evaluate whether they appear reasonable at first glance.
Be sure to read the licensing information carefully so that data
providers receive an appropriate attribution.
So how are these coordinates being attributed?
mike
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