Re: [Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] Draft proposal for import of New York State GIS SAM Address Points
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> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 1:24 PM Brian May <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> We really need some pages on the wiki that explain the basics of Public >> Records laws state by state. I agree and support this notion, however, I'm (currently) burnt out on wiki-writing (this will eventually pass, I'm sure), especially as I ponder starting / participating in a new, large-ish, comprehensive project like "Public Records Laws, state by state" (and that I continue to work on our United States/Public Lands wiki and other efforts like USA Rail and USBRS). I can start by "seeding" the fact that California GIS data published by the state (or equivalents, like its counties) are fully available in the public domain for free with no license, and hence OSM under our ODbL. There were a couple of California State Supreme Court rulings that definitively established this, the major one being "Sierra Club v. County of Orange." I agree it is a patchwork in the other 49 states and that to track this would help guide effective addition of public data to OSM (where it makes sense to do so, for example with municipal / city limit boundaries where these are currently missing). There are also present efforts to help boost "protected area" data in OSM in the USA. These are somewhat new and emerging, but look to be excellent data and methodologies. Of course, such efforts must follow our Import Guidelines should they become distinct projects to implement a real importation of such data. We can also take heart that all data published at the federal level by the US government (unless they are "classified," as in military secrets) are also public domain, so, also open to OSM under our ODbL. It shouldn't be too much effort to grow what the status is in any given state in a simple wiki, perhaps with an easy table, which captures this knowledge. Thank you in advance to anybody willing and able to take this on and grow it to all 50 states. If crossposting this to both imports-us and talk-us is not appropriate, please accept my apologies and correct my behavior. SteveA _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us |
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On 1/9/2021 6:02 PM, stevea wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 1:24 PM Brian May <[hidden email]> wrote: >>> We really need some pages on the wiki that explain the basics of Public >>> Records laws state by state. > I agree and support this notion, however, I'm (currently) burnt out on wiki-writing (this will eventually pass, I'm sure), especially as I ponder starting / participating in a new, large-ish, comprehensive project like "Public Records Laws, state by state" (and that I continue to work on our United States/Public Lands wiki and other efforts like USA Rail and USBRS). > > I can start by "seeding" the fact that California GIS data published by the state (or equivalents, like its counties) are fully available in the public domain for free with no license, and hence OSM under our ODbL. There were a couple of California State Supreme Court rulings that definitively established this, the major one being "Sierra Club v. County of Orange." I agree it is a patchwork in the other 49 states and that to track this would help guide effective addition of public data to OSM (where it makes sense to do so, for example with municipal / city limit boundaries where these are currently missing). There are also present efforts to help boost "protected area" data in OSM in the USA. These are somewhat new and emerging, but look to be excellent data and methodologies. Of course, such efforts must follow our Import Guidelines should they become distinct projects to implement a real importation of such data. > > We can also take heart that all data published at the federal level by the US government (unless they are "classified," as in military secrets) are also public domain, so, also open to OSM under our ODbL. > > It shouldn't be too much effort to grow what the status is in any given state in a simple wiki, perhaps with an easy table, which captures this knowledge. Thank you in advance to anybody willing and able to take this on and grow it to all 50 states. > > If crossposting this to both imports-us and talk-us is not appropriate, please accept my apologies and correct my behavior. > > SteveA > Department of Transportation page may be a starting point. This is a status page / maps of the US DOT effort to collect, standardize and publish address data that it acquires from states: https://www.transportation.gov/gis/national-address-database/national-address-database-0 What is interesting is that in order for US Department of Transportation to use address data from states, the data must be in public domain, right? New York is submitted and good to go. As are many other states. It clearly shows states where the data is not in public domain. However, more research needed, because as we know the data not considered public domain could still be under licensing that is OSM compatible, but US government requires public domain. Brian _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us |
Re: [Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] Draft proposal for import of New York State GIS SAM Address Points
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I was thinking of a similar project in Arizona - most of the metro
Phoenix cities have Open Data and there is already a wiki page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Arizona_Open_Data On 10/01/2021 04:36, Brian May wrote: > On 1/9/2021 6:02 PM, stevea wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 1:24 PM Brian May <[hidden email]> wrote: >>>> We really need some pages on the wiki that explain the basics of >>>> Public >>>> Records laws state by state. >> I agree and support this notion, however, I'm (currently) burnt out >> on wiki-writing (this will eventually pass, I'm sure), especially as >> I ponder starting / participating in a new, large-ish, comprehensive >> project like "Public Records Laws, state by state" (and that I >> continue to work on our United States/Public Lands wiki and other >> efforts like USA Rail and USBRS). >> >> I can start by "seeding" the fact that California GIS data published >> by the state (or equivalents, like its counties) are fully available >> in the public domain for free with no license, and hence OSM under >> our ODbL. There were a couple of California State Supreme Court >> rulings that definitively established this, the major one being >> "Sierra Club v. County of Orange." I agree it is a patchwork in the >> other 49 states and that to track this would help guide effective >> addition of public data to OSM (where it makes sense to do so, for >> example with municipal / city limit boundaries where these are >> currently missing). There are also present efforts to help boost >> "protected area" data in OSM in the USA. These are somewhat new and >> emerging, but look to be excellent data and methodologies. Of >> course, such efforts must follow our Import Guidelines should they >> become distinct projects to implement a real importation of such data. >> >> We can also take heart that all data published at the federal level >> by the US government (unless they are "classified," as in military >> secrets) are also public domain, so, also open to OSM under our ODbL. >> >> It shouldn't be too much effort to grow what the status is in any >> given state in a simple wiki, perhaps with an easy table, which >> captures this knowledge. Thank you in advance to anybody willing and >> able to take this on and grow it to all 50 states. >> >> If crossposting this to both imports-us and talk-us is not >> appropriate, please accept my apologies and correct my behavior. >> >> SteveA >> > Thanks for info about California. I wonder if the map on this US > Department of Transportation page may be a starting point. This is a > status page / maps of the US DOT effort to collect, standardize and > publish address data that it acquires from states: > https://www.transportation.gov/gis/national-address-database/national-address-database-0 > > What is interesting is that in order for US Department of > Transportation to use address data from states, the data must be in > public domain, right? New York is submitted and good to go. As are > many other states. It clearly shows states where the data is not in > public domain. However, more research needed, because as we know the > data not considered public domain could still be under licensing that > is OSM compatible, but US government requires public domain. > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [hidden email] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us |
Re: [Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] Draft proposal for import of New York State GIS SAM Address Points
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 15:02:54 -0800
stevea <[hidden email]> wrote: > We can also take heart that all data published at the federal level > by the US government (unless they are "classified," as in military > secrets) are also public domain, so, also open to OSM under our ODbL. *New York Times v. United States* established that classified information is also in the public domain. If you can get a copy of the latest spy-satellite imagery for a place, you can freely use it for mapping, although the person who leaked it to you could be in a whole lot of trouble. -- Mark _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us |
Re: [Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] Draft proposal for import of New York State GIS SAM Address Points
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In reply to this post by Lukas Richert
Works by contractors of the federal government may still be under copyright. I expect this to apply to works of state governments and agents thereof. For example, the NAD has this note: Dark Purple color indicates the data may not be in the public domain for the following (6) whole states: Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and South Carolina; and the following (3) partial states including parts of Colorado, Maryland, and South Dakota. Jan 10, 2021, 03:43 by [hidden email]:
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Re: [Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] Draft proposal for import of New York State GIS SAM Address Points
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 7:14 PM IsStatenIsland via Talk-us <[hidden email]> wrote:
Correct. Note that New York is not on that list. The state government was able to persuade the counties to release the E911 address point datasets into the public domain. 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us |
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True. This issue usually comes up when
a government purchases a license from a private company to use an
existing data set the company provides.
However, if the government is
contracting for services to help build a database that must be
public domain or otherwise "open", they cannot contract with a
company demanding proprietary rights. When I worked for a state
government agency and we contracted out data development, the
contractual language always specified the resulting work was the
property of the state and not the company. Basic work for hire
doctrine.
There could be other issues at play
regarding the states pointed out below. The Feds running the NAD
project require the data is public domain. Number one may be the
fact that those states either do not explicitly declare the data
is public domain, the license is ambiguous, or they assert some
other license which still may be compatible with OSM (and
OpenAddresses, etc). Or they may explicitly declare GIS data is
"special" and put limits on it. More research required.
Brian
On 1/20/2021 7:11 PM, IsStatenIsland
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