I just read the whole Nearby card. Why is "OSM privacy situation is a bit of a mess?" OSM only knows that you're taking a copy of their database. No secret there, no PII problem, nothing. You're going to be writing your own tile set and serving them off your own servers using your own privacy policy. So I'm confused as to why this question of "OSM privacy" is even coming up.
I'm also confused about why you would even consider Google Maps. You're not going to be hosting their tiles, their tiles will be fetched directly from Google by users and they'll be subject to Google's privacy policy. Simply a non-starter.
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Prateek Saxena psaxena@wikimedia.orgwrote:
We aren't completely sure which map technology we'll use and are open to suggestions. Links to any resources that'll help me understand the situation are welcome. As you can see on the trello board, the legal team is having a conversation with the folks at OSM and understand if/how we can use their tiles/data.
—prtksxna
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