I live in Hobsonville Point and in Google maps are missing quite a bit of information from the area such as the road numbering/land allocation and even Speeds.
I contacted Google and they said the owner of the data can upload this data via their partner program.
https://maps.google.com/help/maps/mapcontent/basemap/index.html
So.. who owns the data for the Road/Land Area.. the Council Maybe.. so I contacted them .
The Auckland Council (GIS department) and they say "We are not the copyright holder of this data" !!!!!!^%&^&!!!!
So who next.
LINZ. (Maybe the Government department own it?)
They say....
Council supply LINZ the data and we make it available under CC-BY.
LINZ cannot supply the data to Google as LINZ cannot licence it to Google except under a CC-BY (which Google don't accept)
So the only way Google can get the Data Legally is from the Council(s) but the councils only licence is as CC-BY
All data, unless specifically stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License.
You must attribute the data back to its original creator and have this licence associated with the data at all times i.e. displayed on any maps, web sites, applications or printed material using this data.
(this licence is not useable by Google). The US States and some other countries supply Google all the proper maps under a proper licence...
Anyone know more about this?
LINZ now are going to discuss this with councils and see if they can be proactive about it but I don't think it will be faster.
I could use the Google Map maker and upload all the changes by hand but it would take years. All the information is there to make the Google maps 1000% better, just the licencing is wrong and the people who have the rights to do something about it won't do anything.