Nick Allen

Volunteer mapper for the Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team Have I lost the plot? You got a message from me about maps for the Phillipines or some other disaster area, and you're thinking “There are already maps, I've seen them. Why reinvent the wheel, just use the ones we already have”. COPYRIGHT! Have a look at any map & the chances are it will have a statement about reproducing it or using it in an unauthorised way. Now look at the licence for OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). It starts with “You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.” If you haven't got to ask permission, you can pr