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by Freak_NL
2190 days ago
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> […] which street view does not allow. More specifically, while it is probably legal to use Google Street View¹ and surmise facts about the world to map in OpenStreetMap, it is also a legal minefield and any contributions based on Google Street View put OSM at risk of costly litigation. Facts are not copyrightable in most jurisdictions, so if you use Street View to glean facts (like names on signs or the presence of a playground), legally you are probably in the clear. But the OSM Foundation has no way of knowing whether this holds true in every jurisdiction without Google explicitly allowing for such use (which it won't, because OSM is a competitor of Google Maps), so use of Google Street View as a source is not valid in OSM because of internal guidelines. For more information, this question and answer provide some insight: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/710/can-i-use-googl... 1: Just Street View of course, any use of data on Google Maps is completely forbidden. |
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