King County, Washington authorization
Jeff Meyer
From: Horning, George <George....@kingcounty.gov>
Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Subject: RE: Recent Inquiry to King County Regarding King County's Data Policy
To: Jeff Meyer <je...@gwhat.org>, "Moses, Ann" <Ann....@kingcounty.gov>
Cc: "Smith, Nick" <Nick....@kingcounty.gov>
Jeff –
Yes, including the King County data disclaimers in the same manner as you are doing for the city of Seattle would be fine. Thanks for being conscientious about using the county’s data. When you have set up please send along a link.
George W. Horning
King County GIS Center Manager
___________________________________
King County GIS Center
Department of King County Information Technology
201 South Jackson Street, Suite 706
Seattle, WA 98104-3855
206-263-4801 FAX 206-263-3145
george....@kingcounty.gov
From: Jeff Meyer [mailto:je...@gwhat.org]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 10:26 AM
To: Moses, Ann
Cc: Smith, Nick; Horning, George
Subject: Re: Recent Inquiry to King County Regarding King County's Data Policy
Hi Ann -
Thanks for your persistence on this topic! We (the local OSM group were just discussing the status of this request in email this morning. : )
Mr. Horning -
Pleased to meet you.
Regarding item #7, would including that statement on the OpenStreetMap contributors page meet that requirement? Here's a link to this page - you'll see the City of Seattle is using this page to meet their requirements for attribution.
There is a vibrant OpenStreetMap community in King County and we are all excited about the possibility for increasing the use of this public data. We just want to make sure we're doing it the right way. Any help you can provide with our efforts is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Jeff
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Moses, Ann <Ann....@kingcounty.gov> wrote:
Dear Mr. Meyer,
Based on your additional information, I was able to reach out to George Horning, King County’s GIS Center Manager. Mr. Horning recommended that I share the following link with you, which is available on the King County’s GIS Data Portal (http://www5.kingcounty.gov/gisdataportal/), and shows the King County GIS Center’s Terms and Conditions, which must be accepted by the user before they can download any data. Item 7 may be of particular interest in your situation.
I have also included these terms and conditions at the end of this e-mail.
While I am not sure if it would be applicable in your situation, I have also attached a copy of the form that is used by the King County GIS Center for individuals to request a custom data order.
I hope this additional information helps! Note that I have included Mr. Horning as a “cc” on this e-mail. Please feel free to follow up directly with him regarding any additional questions you might have.
Sincerely,
Ann Moses
King County Information Technology
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From: Jeff Meyer [mailto:je...@gwhat.org]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 11:47 AM
To: Moses, Ann
Cc: Smith, Nick
Subject: Recent Inquiry to King County Regarding King County's Data Policy
Hi Ann -
Thanks so much for getting back to me. I'm writing back from the email account that's relevant to my question. I'm working with improving the quality and availability of free digital map resources for K-12 history education.
My primary interest in the Data Policy involves the restrictions and requirements for citing and reusing data provided by datakc.org. Most federal government data is CC0, which means users can do anything they want with the data, without the need to provide reference or citation. I'm curious if King County has ever considered adopting a policy like CC0 for its data.
For example, if we were able to obtain permission to use King County GIS data to support OpenStreetMap, King County's data would end up reaching a much wider audience and the quality of OpenStreetMap's information would also be improved. This data could still be referenced as a King County source, but current requirements in the King County Terms of Use (found at: http://www.kingcounty.gov/About/dataTermsOfUse.aspx) prohibit the storage and rendering of data for these purposes (if I read the terms correctly, particularly this section, "You may not publish, display, distribute or commercially exploit any of the Web content or the Web site without the prior written permission of King County.").
Is there any way around these requirements, to enable a freer reuse of King County provided data?
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff Meyer
Global World History Atlas
twitter:GWHAThistory
Jeff Meyer
So what data does this include exactly? Parks? Roads? What?
-Compdude