Posted by
Regie Alam on
Aug 12, 2008; 12:47pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/copyright-issues-with-extracting-data-from-city-report-tp1157p1159.html
Hello Tracey,
Please find my answers embedded below.
Thanks,
Regie
--- "Tracey P. Lauriault" <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Regie;
>
> That is a really interesting question. I am not an
> expert in this area
> however here are some of questions worth
> answering/considering. There are a
> few experts who have some knowledge in this area on
> the list:
>
> 1. What exactly was the report authors response?
I haven't contacted the author yet. I did contact the
city staff that was listed as the contact person for
the project
(
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/environment/city_hall/getgreen/greenspace/evaluation_study_en.html).
Her response was that the city won't be able to
support the use of city information in another form on
the internet.
> 2. This is a value added exercise, it is for non
> commercial
> purposes,correct?
Yes, it is for non-commercial use.
> 3. you are using the original dataset simply for
> reference purposes correct?
The boundaries of the Urban Natural Areas are in .pdf
format which are contained in a report. I am
digitizing the boundaries based on these .pdf files.
So, yes the maps are for reference purposes but I'm
also digitizing the actual boundaries (my digitized
boundaries would be similar to their boundaries).
> 4. You are creating a new dataset based on the base
> map reference. correct?
The vector maps that will be the result of my
digitizing would presumably be similar to the ones
they have (if indeed they have a vector dataset).
> 5. Were you going to share the file under a cc
> license at all? Were you
> going to attribute the refence dataset you are
> digitizing from (i.e. in the
> metadata etc.)?
Yes.
> 6. You are not selling this information, correct?
No, I won't be selling the information.
> 7. Is the contractor's report a public document?
I think it is. I actually got hold of the report from
the public library. The whole report including the
maps were in CDs at the back of the report so I copied
everything and did the digitizing at home.
> 8. do those boundary files only exist in that
> report or do they exist
> elsewhere?
I am not sure if the dataset also exist somewhere
else.
> 9. Does the city have that dataset?
I am not sure. I will ask the contact person.
> 10. You are replicating a file, in other words you
> are replicating a
> pre-existing work which means making a copy but in
> another software. Would
> this be analogous to re-typing a quote from a book
> in a new format?
I'd like to find out if that is the case.
> 11. Who has the original copyright for that? The
> report authors or the
> city?
I'd like to find out this one too.
>
> Can anyone else help?
>
> Tracey
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Regie Alam
> <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My name is Regie Alam. I work as a GIS Data
> Analyst
> > at Terrapoint in Ottawa. I just signed up to the
> > mailing list and this is my first post.
> >
> > I am in the process of digitizing boundaries of
> > Urban Natural Areas in Ottawa. I'm digitizing off
> maps
> > contained in a report made by a contractor to the
> City
> > of Ottawa. My intent is to display the digitized
> maps
> > on the internet using a webmapping program or
> Google
> > Earth.
> >
> > This is not a commercial endeavour but just a
> way
> > to make the data more accessible (through
> webmapping
> > platform).
> >
> > What are the copyright issues involved with
> this?
> > What about specifically for extracting (and
> presenting
> > the data in another medium) data/maps off a report
> to
> > the city?
> >
> > I already contacted the contact person for the
> > report and she said the city won't be able to
> support
> > this project. She also gave me a snippet of the
> > Canadian Copyright Law regarding the internet and
> > copyright.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Regie
> >
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