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		yellowbkpk on April 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SimpleGeo puts 20 million places in the public dom... I would absolutely love to import this into OSM, but the data is locked behind their API (which has access restrictions).

orblivion on April 22, 2011 [–]

? So basically, the data is public domain, if you can get it?

indiekid on April 22, 2011 | [–]

Correct, for now. We're currently evaluating a dump method as well, but haven't been able to put much time on it as we've been busy working on our API :)

snissn on April 22, 2011 | | [–]

A snapshot would almost be infinitely more useful for me to start developing with your data!

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