Bolzano orthophoto 2023

zstadler · 2024-09-10T08:23:04.940Z

Hello OSM Italy members,

The Bolzano province has a high resolution (20cm) orthophoto on their maps website - https://maps.civis.bz.it/

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Despite my efforts, using Google Translate, I could not find a copyright, usage policy or terms of service statement.

Do you know if this orthophoto can be used for OSM mapping?

Thank you in advance,
Zeev

Andrea_Borruso · 2024-09-10T09:03:23.114Z

Hi, the layer should be this one:
https://geonetwork1.civis.bz.it/geonetwork/srv/ita/catalog.search#/metadata/p_bz:Orthoimagery:Aerial-2023-RGB

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zstadler · 2024-09-10T12:55:17.000Z

Thanks!
According to, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_Compatibility#Licences_the_LWG_has_evaluated, CC BY 4.0 license is not compatible with OSM.

tyr_asd · 2024-10-11T10:19:10.686Z

Hi! There is a dedicated clause in the service’s terms of use allowing the use of these imagery layers for OSM: “The Service and its contents can be used for the following purposes: […] Production of Open Data derived products”.

zstadler · 2024-10-11T20:00:07.852Z

These seem to be different sites.
The orthophoto it published at maps.civis.bz.it
The permissive terms are for geoportal.buergernetz.bz.it in general. When searching for the term “orthophoto” on geoportal.buergernetz.bz.it, the list shows a 2023 orthophoto with a CC BY 4.0 license statement

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whb · 2024-10-11T21:52:37.139Z

zstadler:

The orthophoto it published at maps.civis.bz.it

The link leads to:
http://geoservices.buergernetz.bz.it/mapproxy/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

tyr_asd · 2024-10-12T06:11:08.498Z

The application on maps.civis.bz.it is just a web-gis to visualize various data sets and maps which come from different sources (many come from geoportal.buergernetz.bz.it, but there’s also some stuff from other agencies of the province’s administration, OSM, etc.).

As the orthophotos are released on the geoportal, their terms of use apply. And, yes, the imagery is additionally also available under CC-BY 4.0, e.g. for when one wants to use it directly on a map or similar use cases.

PS: The above mentioned clause was added to the province’s “GIS service” terms of use many years ago specifically to allow its usage for mapping in OSM. This was even long before the current geoportal existed and none of the (orthophoto) layers had been released as open data.