delight-im/FreeGeoDB
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Free database of geographic place names and corresponding geospatial data
7 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 4 stories, 3 comments · first 2015-04-07 · latest 2016-10-07
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Looks like they include instructions on how to build in SOURCE.md ( https://github.com/delight-im/FreeGeoDB/blob/master/SOURCE.m... ) - would be great to have that linked in the README though.
comment by funkysquid · 2015-09-25 · in Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geospatial data -
It seems like OpenStreetMap is not actually the source for the data - https://github.com/delight-im/FreeGeoDB/issues/1#issuecommen...
comment by funkysquid · 2015-09-25 · in Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geospatial data -
"RESOURCES.md" ( https://github.com/delight-im/FreeGeoDB/blob/master/RESOURCE... ) includes OpenStreetMap, which is licenced under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). You cannot relicence it under the Apache licence. I've raised an issue (…
comment by rmc · 2015-09-25 · in Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geospatial data