[WikiEN-l] Google Earth screenshots

Thu Nov 23 13:16:40 UTC 2006

On 11/23/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/23/06, Bogdan Giusca <liste at dapyx.com> wrote:
> > What should we do with the screenshots taken from Google Earth?
> > I see that more and more of them are uploaded on en.wiki, for example
> > to illustrate things such as high-schools or cities. But, does the
> > fair-use claim hold up?
>
> Delete them all. Unless they're used in [[Google Earth]] to
> demonstrate how the program looks, there's simply no valid reason to
> include them when:
>
> a) free alternatives are almost always available via WorldWind
> (especially for the US)

For the UK there is a datated but free high quality alternative for
anyone who is prepared to do a search through the national monuments
record archive.

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geni