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@googlemail.com < jamesmikedupont@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#Goog...
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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