[Aust-NZ] qGIS - Nearmap Support, Educational licensing explained

[Francis Markham]

Good call Jonathon.  I haven't got a particular project in mind, but I would
be interested to know how they would regard publishing academic work based
on an analysis of their imagery.

I'll report to the list if I find a use case and give them a call.

Cheers,

Francis

On 12 November 2010 15:01, Jonathan Nagy <jnagy.82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> John: I beleive the thread you're referring to is here.
>
> http://forum.nearmap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=757&p=1366&hilit=education#p1366
>
> It gives no direct reference as to student's personal usage, therefore I
> phoned the number given by a NearMap employee.
>
> I was clearly informed that students are permitted to use the maps in their
> research/reports under the Free Personal license.  For an educational
> facility to adopt the site in their teaching plan/curriculum would require a
> license.
>
> I'm guessing a further line would need to be drawn when considering Ph.D
> students, but I didn't think to ask about that.
>
> If you're still in doubt Francis, I suggest you call near map.
>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:08 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 12 November 2010 13:14, Jonathan Nagy <jnagy.82 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I believe academic use would be classified as non-commercial, and would
>>
>> It depends, public schools are classified as government and the
>> department of education needs a license before schools can make use of
>> it, however private schools aren't considered the same, there was a
>> post about this on their forums a few months ago.
>>
>
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