Free Geodata Survey

2008-05-30 - This is the result of a quick survey that I made in response of a request for comments by Simone Aliprandi, an Italian lawyer which is working on this paper: Copyleft e banche dati (in Italian).

This is my second survey, the previus one was conducted in 2006.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

OpenStreetMap is an editable map of the whole world, which is being built largely from scratch using GPS traces, and released with an open content license.

OpenStreetMap data can be used under the Creative Commons Attribution/ShareAlike licence, version 2 (CC-BY-SA 2.0, for short).

A discussion about a new license is in progress.

http://www.mapability.com/index1.html

The VMap Level 0 database provides worldwide coverage of vector-based geospatial data which can be viewed at 1:1,000,000 scale.

Access Constraints: None
Use Constraints: Cite National Imagery and Mapping Agency

ATTENZIONE: Alcune parti di VMAP0 hanno una licenza diversa: Certain features in the Boundaries Coverage and the Reference Library contain the intellectual property of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) and its licensors. Copyright (C) 1992-2000 ESRI and its licensors. All rights reserved. These features are the Boundaries Coverage (bnd) edge features representing administrative unit boundaries that have an FACC code (f_code) of FA000 and an attribute value of 26 in the USE field - First Order Administrative Division features. Also included are Boundary face features with an FACC code (f_code) of FA001 and an administrative unit name present in the NAM field. Within the Reference Library (rference) the Library Reference (libref), Place Name (placenam), and Political Boundary (polbnd) Coverages also contain intellectual property of ESRI. See the ESRI Data License Agreement contained in this file for conditions of use.

http://www.census.gov/

The Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system: US streets, produced by the US Census Bureau.

By law, Title 17 U.S.C., Section 105, copyright protection is not available for any work of the United States Government. Thus, the Government is precluded from copyrighting its publications. Consequently, you are free to reproduce census materials as you see fit. We would ask, however, that in using our data you cite the Census Bureau as the source.

http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos

Your One Stop for Finding and Using Geographic Data. Content Type: Downloadable Data

Title: U.S. County Boundaries 2004
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Access Constraints: None
Usage Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Title: National Populated Places 2004
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey
Access Constraints: None
Usage Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Title: Major Roads of the United States
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Steve Kambly
Access Constraints: Public, Tribal Enterprises, Tribal Government, Individual Authorized Users
Usage Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Title: National Waterway Network (node) 2004
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data Center, Waterborne Commerce
Access Constraints: None
Usage Constraints: Acknowledgment of Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2004 would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/FAQ.htm

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. We provide complete files of geographic names information covering countries or geopolitical areas.

Q: Hi, I'm looking for a list a place names. I've found your lists at http://www.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html and they are exactly what I want. However, I do not see any information about copy-right and licensing etc. I need to be certain what, if any, restrictions apply to the use of this data. — or — We are interested in exploring the possibility of adding content from geonames files to our existing geographical databases. Can we proceed to download and use files? Is there a cost for this and are there restrictions on the use to which we can put the data?

A: There is no problem in making the geographic names data freely available. A suitable citation note is: Toponymic information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. More information is available at the Maps and Geodata link at www.nga.mil. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency name, initials, and seal are protected by 10 United States Code Section §445.

http://www.geonames.org/

It contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names.

The GeoNames geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/AND

The entire streetmap of the Netherlands as well as road networks for China and India.

The digital maps donated by AND Automotive Navigation Data are available under CC-BY-SA.

http://www.linz.govt.nz/core/topography/aerialandorthophotos/nztm/index.html

Download of some: Topographic Maps, Aerial Photos and Orthophotos,

The material may be used, copied and re-distributed free of charge in any format or media. Where the material is redistributed to others the source and copyright status must be acknowledged.

Where map or data products are reproduced, derived or copied from Land Information New Zealand material the following acknowledgement note should be shown on the product and associated media: Sourced from…

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:MeranoCityDataLicense.doc

Ortophotos, digital terrain model, vector map in Shapefile format.

The data may be used freely, modified and re-distributed, provided that the source of the data is referenced as “Comune di Merano, Ufficio Urbanistica, Servizio GIS”. Should the data be modified, an indication that the data are a modification of data originally from Comune di Merano will have to be provided.

http://www1.euskadi.net/cartografia/visor/catalogo/catalogo.htm

All cartography and ortophotos in our web site, at present, are avalaible for commercial and non commercial use. The only condition is to refer the data “Gobierno Vasco” and main web site to download it www.geoeuskadi.net. Intelectual property belongs to “Gobierno Vasco” and we cannot give it for derivative works to others. Anyway you can use it to do another work and sell it, of course, not including the cost of original information, and including the reference information.

Consentono lavori derivati liberi (es. ricalco)?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Autorizzazione_CTR.PNG

Autorizzazione ad utilizzare la Carta Tecnica Regionale 1:5000 per derivare la mappa OpenStreetMap. Richiesta la citazione delle fonte e del numero dell'autorizzazione.

http://www.rete.toscana.it/sett/territorio/carto/

Ai sensi della D.R.G. n. 73 del 0701/1991 tutto il materiale fotocartografico, sia in forma cartacea che digitale, viene ceduto alle seguenti condizioni:

1. La Regione Toscana conserva la proprietà dei dati e ne autorizza i soli diritti d'uso
2. è fatto divieto di cedere il materiali a terzi non autorizzati
3. nel caso di pubblicazione, previo consenso da richiedere all'Archivio Cartografico, dovrà essere sempre citata la Regione Toscana come fonte del dato sorgente;
4. ogni elaborazione manuale o digitale, eseguita sul materiale fornito, dovrà essere portata conoscenza della Regione Toscana;
5. la Regione Toscana non è responsabile delle elaborazioni eseguite sul materiale fornito.

http://www.istat.it/ambiente/cartografia/

Anche in assenza di espressa autorizzazione, dati e analisi dell'Istituto nazionale di statistica possono essere estratti e riprodotti liberamente, a condizione che sia rispettata la loro integrità e venga citata la fonte. Salvo diverso specifico accordo, invece, non è permessa la riproduzione, anche parziale, a fini di commercializzazione e in generale ogni utilizzazione dell'opera che possa configurare una lesione del diritto d'autore.

Dati vettoriali per Geofesta 2006

Materiale in download gratuito, distributore dati vector Festa della Geografia edizione 2006

Condizioni d'uso: © 2006 REGIONE TOSCANA E' vietato l'uso commerciale dei dati in tutte le sue forme. E' consentito l'uso personale ai fini didattici, di divulgazione, studio, tempo libero.

http://biogeo.berkeley.edu/gadm/

GADM is a database of the location of the world's administrative areas (boundaries). Administrative areas in this database are countries and lower level subdivisions. Partly supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore foundation.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Note: this only covers our contribution, not that of others (data provided to us). Data for some countries is more restricted, see the “geodatabase”, table “att_0” for details; but also note that documentation is as yet incomplete.

http://www3.who.int/whosis/gis/salb/salb_home.htm

Copyright of the SALB dataset (codes and digital maps) is vested in the UN. The owner of the data agrees on the use, reproduction, distribution, display, publication and dissemination at no cost to third parties of the SALB dataset, in any manner and in any form whatsoever, subject to the copyright and acknowledgement mentioned in the metadata. It is prohibited to change the contents of the database without consent of the owner. Request for permission should be directed to the following address: SALB@un.org. The SALB dataset is for non-commercial purposes only.

http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/

DISTRIBUTION Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from CIAT. Users should acknowledge CIAT and the CGIAR-CSI as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. CIAT and the CGIAR-CSI also requests reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.

NO WARRANTY OR LIABILITY CIAT, in collaboration with the CGIAR-CSI provides these data without any warranty of any kind whatsoever, either express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. CIAT and/or CGIAR-CSI shall not be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of the use of any data downloaded.