[WikiEN-l] Was: Google Earth screenshots

Thu Nov 23 20:21:38 UTC 2006

On 11/23/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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suggestion: Why don't we push for creating
[[Category:Google maps images]]
as a subcategory of Fair use images
if we get average joe user tagging images with such category it's
going to be easier for us reviewing themn and deleting when
appropiated