[Foundation-l] Legal issue: info un-freely available digitally, freely available non-digitally

Thu May 27 13:13:50 UTC 2004

Hello,

I am considering to add stub articles about municipalities in Switserland to
Wikipedia (EN, NL, DE). The population per municipality is publicly
available, as well as the canton it's located. I'm also able to include
URI's to the homepage. Maps are available but may, unfortunately, not
be reproduced.

However, the map machine[1] offers more than maps. When one searches
for, for example, Zernez, the postal code is given along with the map.
Further, the URI of the referenced image contains geographical
coordinates.

The copyright [2] clearly states that information may not be
redistributed, etc., etc. However, the postal code is freely available
from other sources, though not in digital form. The geographical
coordinates only state where the town is located: this information can
also be retrieved without the map machine. Does the copyright statement
apply to this information?

Is it legal to retrieve postal codes and geographical coordinates from
this map machine? I'd use the geographical coordinates to describe where
the town is located (north, south, east, west, maybe "near Zurich"), all
automated.

regards,
Gerrit Holl.

[1] http://www.swissgeo.ch
[2] http://www.swissgeo.ch/haut_int.php3?id_rubrique=6012&id_point_interet=2287213&id_menu=21&langue2=D

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