External sources
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 9:20 pm
I would like to remind all editors of the following.
Make sure you follow the rules as outlined or your account will be suspended.
Usage of any external copyrighted source of information, in order to add information to the Waze database or maps, is not allowed. External copyright information includes any online or printed map information that is not provided by Waze through the Waze Map Editor interface.
The only allowed source is from Land Information NZ (LINZ) LINZ Roads & addressing
We are allowed to use this thru CC4 Attribution, and can only use the road layer overlay, not the basemap.
Using any other source of external copyright information puts the Waze maps under danger of being forced to revert all changes done to the map in your area / country.
If any user were to do such a thing, it would taint all the work that person did on the maps and Waze would need to reverse out all those edits. There could also be other adverse effects. Waze has already had to remove all the maps for Chile, and other South American countries because the source of the map data was not properly licensed (not the result of any Waze action).
Note that external copyright information does not include any source of information that is provided by Waze through the internal tools of the online editor or application. Also any information developed independently by a user being physically present at a site is acceptable to add to the map as long as it is provided without copyright.
Make sure you follow the rules as outlined or your account will be suspended.
Usage of any external copyrighted source of information, in order to add information to the Waze database or maps, is not allowed. External copyright information includes any online or printed map information that is not provided by Waze through the Waze Map Editor interface.
The only allowed source is from Land Information NZ (LINZ) LINZ Roads & addressing
We are allowed to use this thru CC4 Attribution, and can only use the road layer overlay, not the basemap.
Using any other source of external copyright information puts the Waze maps under danger of being forced to revert all changes done to the map in your area / country.
If any user were to do such a thing, it would taint all the work that person did on the maps and Waze would need to reverse out all those edits. There could also be other adverse effects. Waze has already had to remove all the maps for Chile, and other South American countries because the source of the map data was not properly licensed (not the result of any Waze action).
Note that external copyright information does not include any source of information that is provided by Waze through the internal tools of the online editor or application. Also any information developed independently by a user being physically present at a site is acceptable to add to the map as long as it is provided without copyright.