[Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works from copyrighted sources.

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:49 AM, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com >
Additionally there is a video talk from the SoTM 08 from Ed Parsons on
> this topic
> http://vimeo.com/6751141
> Ed Parsons: "What Map Maker is / is not" at SOTM08

Additionally, please see this blog post , it is even more relevant to
our discussion.
http://www.edparsons.com/2009/09/liberating-your-my-maps-data/
please see the comments thread in there.

Another point my OSM friends made is about non free image policy on WP,
there are many rules about using copyrighted photos. These strict
policies should be applied to maps and map data as well.  How can you
be so strict on citations, on photos, but not on locations and map
data.

Are google earth points really a fact or are they an point of view?
A sat photo is a point of view, way up in the sky and a very expensive
and biased one.
How can the neutral point of view be upheld if you are taking your
data from only one source, just because it is easy to do?

Google is careful to point out that you should not bet your life on
their maps, and that they may contain errors.  I think that this
argument about locations be facts needs to be reviewed as well,
because they are not 100%  facts.

Another issue is of location points, if you are making an article,
then you also have to cite your sources.
Just taking from one source is always one sided. In the case of
positions, taking from only google who owns the highres photos is
questionable. How do you know that this location is correct? What if
the single source of the data (where the usage is questionable) is
also wrong? How does that fit into the wikipedia policy?

thanks,
mike