Alex Barth lxbarth

Special attention should be paid to the licensing implications of databases. Restrictive licensing like in the case of Google Map Maker can effectively trap data, hampering its use even for the original data provider. When such tools cannot be avoided, an effective workaround is to publish data beforehand under a more liberal license and only then enter it in the more restrictively licensed database. Note that in this concrete example, it would not be enough to publish data first on Google Map's open contender OpenStreetMap as the OpenStreetMap license and Google's map data license are not compatible. If geo data is to be submitted to Google Maps while preserving its openness it will have to be published first on a third platform for instance with a license waiver such as CC0

Maps of web index indicators

Web users as percentage of population

Change in web users

Maps of web index indicators

Web users as percentage of population, 2010

Change in web users 2007 to 2010

Dear RECIPIENT NAME,

In recent weeks we have made good progress in adding missing parts of CITY to OpenStreetMap [2]. If you haven't heard of OpenStreetMap before, it is like a WikiPedia of maps, providing a comprehensive, open map of the world [3] for anyone to use.

From your website I have seen that you manage street name information [4]. We would love to contribute it to OpenStreetMap to further complete the data of CITY, but we have questions around the licensing of this data.

What are the conditions under which you make street name data and other geo data available?

If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to get on the phone with you and explain more.

Contributing to OpenStreetMap, example: Brasilia

Last week hundreds of delegates from government, civil society and business gathered in Brasilia for the first Open Government Partnership meetings since the inception of this initiative. Transparency, accountability and open data as fundamental building blocks of a new, open form of government were the main issues debated.

Fabricio and Alex getting ready to survey the Cruzeiro neighborhood in Brasilia.

OpenStreetMap, sometimes dubbed the "Wikipedia of maps" is an open geospatial database. Go to openstreetmap.org, create an account, and you're ready to edit the world. The accessibility of this form of contribution paired with the openness of its common data repository holds a powerful promise of commoditized geographic data. As this data repository evolves together with a surrounding tool chain many more players gain access to geospatial analysis and geo publishing previously limited to

Datos SITEL de Jalisco para OpenStreetMap

Datos de Carretera Preparados para Contribución con JOSM

Estamos animados de liberar un conjunto de datos de todas las carreteras en el estado Mexicano de Jalisco, listo para contribuirlos con el editor popular JOSM. Mira el repositorio osm-jalisco para bajar los datos y aprender como empezar.

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