Hello,
I am considering to add stub articles about municipalities in Switserland to Wikipedia (EN, NL, DE). The population per municipality is publicly available, as well as the canton it's located. I'm also able to include URI's to the homepage. Maps are available but may, unfortunately, not be reproduced.
However, the map machine[1] offers more than maps. When one searches for, for example, Zernez, the postal code is given along with the map. Further, the URI of the referenced image contains geographical coordinates.
The copyright [2] clearly states that information may not be redistributed, etc., etc. However, the postal code is freely available from other sources, though not in digital form. The geographical coordinates only state where the town is located: this information can also be retrieved without the map machine. Does the copyright statement apply to this information?
Is it legal to retrieve postal codes and geographical coordinates from this map machine? I'd use the geographical coordinates to describe where the town is located (north, south, east, west, maybe "near Zurich"), all automated.
regards, Gerrit Holl.
[1] http://www.swissgeo.ch [2] http://www.swissgeo.ch/haut_int.php3?id_rubrique=6012&id_point_interet=2...