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Could this be used against Google? E.g. train an algorithm from their road traffic information (fetched legally via their API or web UI) to improve rough time estimates based on OpenStreetMap data.



> Could this be used against Google? E.g. train an algorithm from their road traffic information (fetched legally via their API or web UI) to improve rough time estimates based on OpenStreetMap data.

No, because then contractual ToS, not naked copyright law, will be at issue. Even if Google doesn't have the right terms to forestall this now, it's a trivial change for them to adopt.




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