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Nepal, OSM License, and the NGA

Posted by MapMakinMeyers on 29 April 2015 in English.

unfortunately, tragedy brings about open data and huge osm efforts in remote locations that lack any data. Recently after the earthquake in Nepal, imagery, vector data, and tons of information are appearing on the internet every hour. very good sources are listed here: https://sites.google.com/site/nepalearthquakesatellite/

Also, the NGA has some data available: (ebola and nepal) https://nga.maps.arcgis.com/home/

if you go to the main Nepal page they have several pdf atlases: http://nga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=bbbb3a2d7d8d42969f6ddeeb5d8c0e73

the red icons are for the pdfs that use OSM data.

Did anyone see the Sochi maps they leaked after the olympics started? same source: OSM. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/sochi_2014_winter_olympics_reference_graphic-2014.pdf http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/sochi_2014_winter_olympics_talking_map-2014.pdf

the question i have is can governments use OSM data, then make it classified? Once you take the data and build upon it, don’t you have to share it back (osm.org/copyright)? you can file FOIAs until your blue in the face and they would never confirm/ deny OSM exists… but shouldn’t they follow license agreements put in place? I have reached out to them with regard to their open data for Ebola months ago. They do not respond to my e-mails. More of a rant I guess then a question. Cheers!

NGA/ US Govt Data Questions, help, random rant, etc

Posted by MapMakinMeyers on 31 January 2014 in English.

So for the past several years I have been downloading the GNS Country files (http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.htm). Some of the data is great. Most of the data is way off. All in all it is helpful. In the past OSM imported some of this data in countries that were lacking. This is good and bad for different reasons in different countries. So now comes the questions/ rant section of the post.

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Russia Data Questions

Posted by MapMakinMeyers on 11 April 2013 in English.

I am looking for people who know about Russia, location data for Russia, and anything gis Russia. I am trying to compile geospatial data for Russia and am finding to be very difficult! OSM has good data in certain locations and not so good in others. Some of the OSM data lines up with GNS data which is good and bad. I have tried to reach out to numerous agencies across Russia on a local, regional, and Federal level; I know none of my questions will go anywhere!? I have looked here: osm.wiki/WikiProject_Russia and do not really see anything that can assist me. I have also tried http://gis-lab.info/ but they also can only provide limited help. I know Russian mappers are out there! Could someone who knows a fair amount of information about location information for Russia please message me and I will ask more specific questions. Any help is much appreciated!