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This page lists examples of usage of OpenStreetMap data without proper attribution as required by the OpenStreetMap License. This page relies on people noticing and reporting violations.
The problem is normally one of a simple oversight, the publisher does not understand what is required, or attribution is not given correctly. There is also the possibility of wilful misrepresentation. In many instances the violation is of minor significance to the project but it is reasonable for the community to expect all users of the data to respect the requirements. There may also be major violations where the publisher may not respond to an approach by the community and the Foundation may need to contact the author.
We require that OpenStreetMap is credited, and that the users are made aware of our licence (usually by means of a link to osm.org/copyright).
For more information see the Legal FAQ.
Process
- When you spot a violation, the first stage is to add an entry to the bottom of the table below. If you are unsure about the violation, discuss it on the talk page.
- Contact the publisher with a suitable pleasant and non-threatening email and update the record with the date you've contacted them.
- Wait for a response for a suitable period. If that does not create the desired response then you should follow up with a second attempt to contact the publisher.
- If that does not work and the violation is considered serious then the Foundation board should be contacted (or is it one for the Data Working Group?).
To discuss a certain use before adding it to the list, consider doing so on the discussion page.
Hints to mappers
Be gentle! We are a project for providing free maps and not to argue somebody with legal issues. It doesn't help anybody playing the police and collecting as much cases as possible. This could give OSM a bad image. Don't be too correct. If they give it their best then it is ok.
List of usages lacking proper attribution
| Page | License ok | Authors ok | Added by | Dates contacted | Date fixed | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://www.suma-ev.de/mitglieder/index.html | no | no | Lulu-Ann | 2013-07-29 | 2013-07-29 | |
| http://www.libreria-odos.it | no | no | Cascafico on 2013-07-19 | Cascafico on 2013-07-20 | Chart 1:25000 sold with No attribution, editor Copyright only | |
| http://www.opwoco.de/anfahrt.html | yes | yes | Chris66 on 2013-04-21 | Chris66 on 2013-04-20 | 2013-05-05 | fixed. |
| yes | no | Lulu-Ann on 2009-07-23 | TobiBS on 2010-03-07 and !i! on 2011-03-08 | !i! on 2011-03-19 | Wrong license named, only CC Nutzungsbedingungen on OSM map are the ones from google! On the OSM and OCM maps, the powered by google logo is displayed. | |
| no | yes | Lulu-Ann on 2009-08-06 | !i! on 2011-03-08 | !i! on 2011-03-16 | ||
| Architekturbüro Enrico Mincuzzi | no | no | Driver2 on 2009-08-06 | Lulu-Ann on 2009-08-06 | Pictures link to osm.org, which could count as 'some' attribution. (UTC) | |
| La Bruschetta, Aniello Palumbo (webpage by Harter.EDV) | no | no | Lulu-Ann on 2009-08-06 | |||
| http://tourguide.mtb-news.de/ | no | yes | Lulu-Ann on 2009-08-11 | !i! on 2011-03-09 | --Stephan75 12:43, 1 July 2011 (BST) | Link to OSM and CC seems to have been added |
| http://suburbified.com/ | no | no | Undo on 2009-11-29 | |||
| journey description in HTML and PDF format, MFG Helmut Kermess e.V. | no | no | MichaelK on 2009-12-09 | |||
| OSM Relation Analyzer, GrundID GmbH | yes | no | TobiBS on 2010-03-07 | Copyright by OSM (Data by OpenStreetMap) License not named | ||
| Maxspeed map, Stefan Dettenhofer | no | no | TobiBS on 2010-03-07 | |||
| http://www.openaddresses.org | yes | yes | Bomm on 2010-06-04 | No deeplink to the license text but to osm.org | ||
| http://www.naviki.org/de/maps/ | no | yes | !i! on 2010-06-16 | maybe !i! on 2010-06-16 and !i! on 2011-03-09 | Strange mix between google terms and unclear what data comes from the project itself | |
| only at [1] some notes to osm | no | Fx99 on 2010-10-07 | !i! on 2011-03-11 | see forum | ||
| http://www.dga-architects.co.uk DGA Architects, 149a Grosvenor Road, London | no | no | Gregoryw on 2010-11-18 | maybe Gregoryw on 2010-11-18 | Appears to use a slightly-modified OSM Mapnik map in a planning application Design & Access Statement. Example: Planning application SW/10/1404 with Swale Borough Council (Kent). | |
| no | no | maybe !i! on 2011-03-09 | !i! on 2011-03-08 | !i! on 2011-03-16 | ||
| http://www.openheatmap.com | no | no | maybe !i! on 2011-03-09 | |||
| OSM POI Map, Paul Lenz | yes | yes | maybe !i! on 2011-03-09 | "Data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA".(hyperlinked)(as of Feb. 18, 2012 | ||
| Traveling Salesman The software itself and screenshots of it on sf.net | no | no | maybe !i! on 2011-03-09 | |||
| RFeye application, CRFS Limited, Cambridge Research Park, UK | no | no | maybe !i! on 2011-03-09 | Sample Notification Message - Coming Soon to Wiki | ||
| yes | yes | larryone on 2011-03-15 | larryone on 2011-03-15 | samlarsen1 on 2011-06-29 | No deeplink to the license text but to osm.org | |
| no | no | Fabi2 on 2011-03-22 | Ferrero2 on 2011-03-22 | unknown on 2001-03-25 | see forum | |
| Panorama (Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln) | no | no | Marc on 2011-03-31 | Marc on 2011-03-31 | The linked page Returns Error 404 - seems not to exist any longer. Linuxuser1 on 2012-04-09 | |
| yes | yes | Lulu-Ann on 2011-04-09 | Where is the violation? | |||
| West Highland Way iPhone App and screenshots of it | no | no | crom on 2011-05-13 | Selling OSM mapping through commercial iphone app | ||
| Zementwerk Lübeck | yes | yes | phobie on 2011-06-24 | phobie on 2011-06-24 | dieterdreist on 2011-12-28 | Picture using the default Mapnik style and links to mapquest |
| Kosmos maxspeed map | no | no | phobie 2011-07-12 | not yet | not yet | Created by Stefan Dettenhofer (User:StefanDausR). Links to OSM but does not show a copyright notice. See DE:MaxSpeed_Karte. |
| http://prospectus.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/directions.html | no | no | fluteflute 2011-07-23 | fluteflute 2011-07-23 | not yet | One large map of Oxford, with four cropped copies on "tabbed" pages |
| http://mapsshop.ru/ | no | no | xopok 2011-07-28 | nettroll 2011-10-24 | not yet | They sell OSM maps without copyright notice etc. |
| http://www.fluglehrerteam.de/ (e.g. http://www.fluglehrerteam.de/openaip/ttzzrui23EDKA.pdf) | no | no | LetzFetz 2011-09-14 | 2011-09-14 | not yet | A project of free flight charts based on OSM-Maps. I don't find any attribution to OSM. The entire PDF is said to use Creative Commons but prohibits redistribution, altering etc. The maps from OSM have put flight routes and high obstacles put inside but these aren't licensed under cc-by-sa 2.0. |
| http://geocal.nc/home.php | no | no | Pieren 20 Sept 2011 | 20 Sept 2011 (by the contact html page) | not yet | No attribution on the slippy map layer called "GeoPlan" |
| http://www.openrunner.com | no | yes | Guillaume 7 Dec 2011 | 7 Dec 2011 (by the contact bottom link, once identified). | not yet | The map "OSM-OCM" is the OSM Cycle Map, used to trace running itineraries. Google logo instead of OSM + Attribution ("Conditions d'utilisation") points to Google licence. Update: the reason is a migration from Google Map v2 to v3, the OSM attribution will be fixed soon. |
| no | no | User:skorasaurus 18 Jan 2012 | not yet | 2014; unknown | ||
| http://www.boehme-zeitung.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungs-karte.html | no | no | Lulu-Ann 2012-01-24 | not yet | not yet | Slippy map with google default, switching to mapnic there is only the text "OpenStreetMap" but no attribution. |
| http://geocaching.com | yes | yes | Chaos99 02/16/2012 | yes, Feb 16th, 2012 | yes, replied and made changes 02/23/2012 | Uses map with Leaflet and MapQuest as provider. Attributes only (C)MapQuest, but clearly uses the OSM data. Written to thank for the change to OSM, asked for proper attribution and gave examples with mapquest and leaflet. Got short reply that changes were made. Now proper attributed. (See geocaching.com/map) |
| http://www.speedtest.net/ | no | no | Marcussacapuces91 2012-02-20 | 20 février 2012 | not yet | Showing a map to show where you are and where the test server is. The boundaries in the sea look like the OSM's ones. Absolutely no licence or copyright at all on the page. |
| Apple's iPhoto for iOS | no | yes | seav 2012-03-09 | 2012-03-08 | partial Attribution: 2012-05-04 [2] | It's all over the news: [3]. Attribution to OSM Contributors but without recognizing the ©, license not referenced, SA not OK. |
| Apple's iPhoto for OSX | no | yes | dieterdreist 2012-10-21 | unclear, is delt with by LWG and OSMF Board | Attribution to OSM Contributors but without recognizing the ©, license not referenced, SA not OK. | |
| no | no | Diocles 2012-03-17 | not yet | now uses Google Maps (2012-08-08) | ||
| http://group.car-online.ru/ | no | no | nettroll 2012-03-22 | nettroll 2012-03-22 | not yet | No OSM references on interactive map. Google logo and Terms of Use link is presented over OSM layer. |
| http://www.geocaching.pl/map.php | yes | yes | miklobit 2012-04-20 | not yet | Spider 2012-04-20 | Uses maps with MapQuest and OpenCycleMap as providers. Attributes only MapQuest/OpenCycleMap. |
| http://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/west-cornwall/penzance/st-michaels-mount and http://web1.visitcornwall.com/maps | yes | yes | Spod 2012-05-27 | 2012-05-27 via their Contact Us page | 2012-08-08 | Using OSM map/data with no credit or attribution. Not clear if the tiles are coming directly from OSM, or their own server, but Mapnik style is the same. Also the meta content tag is ""Excellent interactive google maps from the official tourist board."! |
| Südwest Presse (newspaper in Germany) | yes | yes | Kdkeller 2012-07-20 | 2012-07-20 | 2012-08-08 | Attributes only "OSM" |
| http://www.broadbandmap.gov/technology | no | no | maxolasersquad 2012-09-18 | 2012-09-19 | not yet | No attribution to OpenStreetMap provided. By happenstance I work next to someone who is part of the broadband project. She has e-mailed the people in charge for me.} |
| http://maps.viaclaudia.org/nefos_app/frontend/page/viaclaudia/de?type=bike | no | no | Bomm 2012-10-05 | not yet | not yet | Attribution is "Powered by Contwise Maps — Map data © 2012 General Solutions GmbH, 2012 OpenStreetMap, 2012 MapQuest" where "Contwise Maps" and "General Solutions GmbH" are links to http://www.general-solutions.eu/ . Probably "General Solutions" is responsible for the attribution and for the server "maps.viaclaudia.org", not by the "Via Claudia" associations. Tiles are provided from "mapservices.eu" owned by "General Solutions, so the license CC-BY-SA or ODBL is unclear. |
| http://www.strassenkatalog.de/osm/schmalestrasse,65423803w.html | no | yes | Bomm 2012-10-16 | not yet | not yet | Shows OSM data, in this case the selected street, on Google map background. Below the map there is a line "Quelle: OpenStreetMap" (Quelle=source) which is a link to www.openstreetmap.org. No information about license.
Shows the street class from OSM data in text form by citing the German description of the tag highway=residential from the OSM wiki without any attribution. From the displayed location of the street "Schmalestraße" I can see that the OSM data cannot be newer than 2011-07-19, so CC-BY-SA applies. The text saying that the probably wrongly spelled street "Schmalestraße" is near the probably correctly spelled street "Schmale Straße" seems to indicate that they combined a street list generated from OSM data with some other data source.
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| http://www.nph.de/de-wAssets/docs/Flyer_Rehbergtunnel_2013_Web.pdf | no | no | Lulu-Ann 2013-04-01 | Bielebog 2013-03-13 | apologies and good promises for the future, but no changes made or announced | Several Maps online, no correction yet. |
| 111 Orte in Hannover, die man gesehen haben muss http://www.emons-verlag.de/programm/111-orte-in-hannover-die-man-gesehen-haben-muss (http://altancicek.de/) | no | no | Jano John Akim Franke 2013-05-03 | 2013-05-03 | not yet | Pages 232-236 are redacted and designed OSM-data printed maps. Copyright of producer prominently given. Only page 2 says "Wald- und Siedlungsflächen: OpenStreetMap" although OSM-data-usage is more than these "areas". May be a problem for more books of "111 Orte" http://www.emons-verlag.de/programm/themen/111-orte |
| Mensa am Turm, Göttingen http://www.studentenwerk-goettingen.de/isst_regional.html | no | no | Alagos 2013-05-23 | 2013-05-23 | not yet | The canteen "Mensa am Turm" (by Studentenwerk Göttingen) uses an OpenStreetMap to show local cooperation partners. There are several maps inside the building on the walls and on the webpage - no license or authors mentioned. I contacted them via email and waiting for a response. |
| http://ehyd.gv.at/?g_card=pegelaktuell | yes | no | Species 2013-06-03 | 2.6.13 Al. | Hinweis auf OSM wird ergänzt werden. DI Tinkl vom LFRZ bedankt sich für den Hinweis! | Uses OSM highways, railways and boundaries as vector data. See discussion on Mailinglist talk-at. |
| no | no | Pierre Riteau 2013-07-09 | 2013-07-09 | Before 2013-07-19 | Uses Mapbox streets without any license or attribution. Replied on 2013-07-10 saying: "The credit information has now been rectified and will be visible on our next data release planned for 17th July at the latest." | |
| http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/helmut-rahn-auf-den-spuren-vom-boss-12530141.html (inside flash .swf) | no | no | Aseerel4c26 (talk) 2013-08-15 | no | no | Seems to use this OSM German style map. I cannot see any hint of "OSM". |
| http://www.makeitmakati.com/plan-your-trip/explore-the-city | no | no | Ianlopez1115 2013-08-31 | 2013-08-31 | not yet | Uses tiles from tile.openstreetmap.org without (proper) attribution |
| http://beirutgreenguide.com/ | no | no | Metehyi 2013-10-25 | 2013-10-25 | not yet | Uses tiles from tile.openstreetmap.org without (proper) attribution |
| http://flugroutenradar.morgenpost.de/ | no | no | toaster 2014-01-08 | toaster 2014-01-05 | not yet | Uses osm-tiles from https://www.mapbox.com/ without attribution |
| www.dasoertliche.de | no | no | LordOfMaps 2014-01-19 | LordOfMaps 2014-01-19 | 2014-01-28 | Uses OSM-based tiles from www.mapandroute.de |
| http://forecast.io/quicksilver/ | no | no | Imagico 2014-01-23 | not yet | not yet | Seems to be an experimental service so lack of attribution might be owed to that, OSM data used in Mapbox overlay. |
| UNEP Global Islands Database | no | no | Imagico 2014-01-23 | not yet | not yet | OSM is attributed in the about box but without license information and not in the normal view. Data is older, possibly from before the license change. Seems to violate the share-alike requirements as well since the data is combined with other sources but not made available under a free license. |
| http://www.hrs.com | no | no | Avena701 (talk) 13:19, 18 February 2014 (UTC) | 2014-02-18 | not yet | Older OSM-data is used when searching in the text box "destination". No license and no attribution are given. It is obvious that OSM data is used due to errors copied from OSM. Examples: "Rostock Seehafen Nord (außer Betrieb)" [4], "Genshagener Heide (außer Betrieb)" [5], "Teublitz (GBf)" [6], "Ponholz (ehem.)" [7] and "Zittau (DB)" [8] are suggested by hrs.com when starting typing. Also the present OSM-habit to include a S or a U in the name of U-Bahn and S-Bahn stations in Berlin is copied. I found only infringements in Germany. |
| http://www.adfc-braunschweig.de/sicherheit-verkehr/verkehrspolitik/fahrradstrassen.html | no | no | Bahnpirat (talk) 07:23, 18 March 2014 (UTC) | not yet | not yet | map "Fahrradstraßen-Netz" on the right |
| Zeit Online (like [9] and [10]) | no | yes | Imagico 2014-04-02 | 2014-04-02 | added attribution to interactive maps on 2014-04-03, static maps on 2014-04-04. | Mapbox based maps without proper attribution. Various forms of map, some show limited attribution behind a link but never shown by default and no mentioning of the license. |
| http://www.breakingnews.com | no | no | Joseph Reeves 18/07/2014 | not yet | not yet | Stamen produced maps qs background images without attribution. See https://twitter.com/stamen/status/489886184311513088 & https://twitter.com/stamen/status/489885861765328896 |
| European Comission Cohesion Policy Data portal | no | no | Imagico 2014-08-09 | not yet | not yet | Mapbox generated OSM based background map without attribution or mentioning of the license (not even link to the Mapbox attribution page) |