[Az-Geocaching] Southwest Trails mapset for Garmin GPSr's Released!

[Mark Fleming]

Hi Andy,

I'm probably going to have to put together some legal statement on this, but
here is how I envision it. All data submitted it property of the person who
submitted it. I try and get as much data as possible from the public domain
so that it's free to use by everybody, and there are no issues. But, if you
submit a track for inclusion, I believe you own that track (since you
created it), and I guess are effectively licensing it for Southwest Trails'
use. SW Trails will ALWAYS be free, so I don't plan on making any money off
of other people's work. It takes quite a bit of effort to get tracks into
this product, but it's a labor of love, and I'm hoping it can stay that way.
I may accept donations to cover software/hosting expenses in the future.

I may work something out with the Trails Co-Op, supplier of most of the data
I have now, to make raw data available to everybody. I certainly have no
problems sharing any tracks created by myself. You can download tracks for
most of the trails I have right now by going to http://www.redtrails.com/.

As I move from the alpha to the beta and then final release stage, I'll be
more explicit with licensing questions. It'll likely be a creative commons
license.

Thanks,

Mark

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Andrew Ayre <andy at britishideas.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> When a person submits the data, who owns it?
>
> Will people have access to the raw data derived from everyone's
> contributions?
>
> What license will you use to redistribute people's contributions?
>
> Andy
>
>
> Mark Fleming wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some of you may recall earlier this year when I started a brief thread
>> about creating an overlay mapset for Garmin GPS receivers that contains
>> trails in the Southwest. Well, that project is now a reality, and I have
>> just released the first alpha version today! You can check it out at :
>> http://www.outdoor-resources.com/SW_Trails/
>>
>> This mapset is designed to transparently overlay any existing maps you
>> have on your Garmin GPSr. With this mapset, you can see, and follow, and
>> trails that are in your area. No longer do you need to download tracks or
>> routes to your GPSr when all you want to do is have the trail. Assuming that
>> your desired trail is in the current data set, you're covered!
>>
>> I would very much appreciate people at least checking out the web page and
>> providing constructive feedback. This project is in it's infancy, and there
>> is lots of work to be done. But, in my own field testing, it's proven to
>> work pretty well so far. I intend to allow user contributions in the very
>> near future, so you can send me new trails or corrections to current trails.
>> Anything that makes it better!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark S Fleming
>> http://www.outdoor-resources.com/SW_Trails/
>> Geocaching : GoNorthWest
>> Twitter : GoNorthWest
>>
>
>
> --
> Andy
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