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Waze Map Editor - Open Maps userscript
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Maryland Aerials #92

Closed fuji2086 closed 2 years ago

fuji2086 commented 3 years ago

This update adds aerials imagery from the state of Maryland.

Glodenox commented 3 years ago

Hey, I can't seem to find any statement on the license for this data on their website. I seem to vaguely recall something about government data to be open for commercial use in the US, but could you confirm this data is free to use by commercial entities as well? (even though we've volunteers, we have to look at this from the point of view of Waze)

Glodenox commented 3 years ago

And of course, I happen to stumble upon the dataset page just after posting that... It seems their license requires a referral:

The Spatial Data, and the information therein, (collectively the "Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted, nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data, nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

So you'll need to get in touch with your community manager to get such a notice added to the Waze notices page and the "About" section in the app. They've done this in the past, so this shouldn't be too hard.

fuji2086 commented 3 years ago

Thanks for getting back with me. I had already looked at the license information. I'm currently working with our regional coordinator on the acknowledgement. Thank you for looking as well!