Reminder on External Sources (Obsolete)

Map Editors Community Australia
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Further to the above.

From the Wazeopedia Global Main Page in the Getting Started section:

Point 14 of the Waze Map Editor table of contents relates to Copyright.

Waze takes the issue of copyright very seriously and will and have delete a countries map data, if it is found to contain information that is not properly licensed.

The Wiki contains information created by the editing community editors who are extremely knowledgeable and experienced, some with direct access to Waze staff, and have spent hours discussing and creating the guidelines we all use to edit the map.

I will take this opportunity to remind you to have another look at the Waze Map Editor and Editing Manual Wiki pages, which both contain or link to information pertaining to Copyright.

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Why not ask the good external sources if they’d like to partner with Waze? https://www.waze.com/ccp

Kind regards from Osaka78 :slight_smile:

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Because we are not Waze staff and have no authority to. They’d need a separate legal agreement to license data to Waze for use.

I’m aware of the CCP program and might be able to help with some of that in the near future.

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Waze Staff used http://www.city2city.org.au/road-closures/ to add closures in my area. Not sure where that sits.

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I think I speak for all of us in saying OMFG!#$@!! YES!!.

Thanks for chasing this for us, ituajr. :slight_smile:

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Perhaps we can add these to the wiki with specifics on what we can and can’t use on these sources?

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A reminder to all editors that when using authorised external sources, check that the road actually exists before you map it. The direct porting of external map data into navigation systems is the mistake that other devices/companies make and is a large reason some people use Waze. We don’t want to be routing people through locked gates on dodgy national park tracks!

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So, to summarise, it seems we can use the following information to edit the map:

  • within the Waze editing tool
  • from explicitly permitted external sources (seems only to be CC3 so far)
  • what the editor knows personally

Please let me know if the above is incorrect.

NM

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And public details on road closures, right?

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Dredging up this old thread to ask how we can request additional external sources perhaps under an existing attribution?

I would like to use this page - https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/guide-to-queensland-roads - to add details including missing rest stops and other information, this could perhaps be included under the same Creative Commons license as QLD Globe?

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Thanks, I understand as slow as things are.