SCP-5573 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-5573.

Dyslexion 20 May 2020 01:24

owo

MalyceGraves 20 May 2020 01:28

+ Attribution

Source: OpenStreetMap
License: CC BY-SA
Title: farwell_map.jpg
Author: OpenStreetMap with edits by MalyceGraves
Release year: 2020

Last edited on 20 May 2020 14:22 by MalyceGraves Show more

Image

JackalRelated 20 May 2020 08:51

Hey, just a heads up. Google Maps images require you to have a specific attribution outlined here: link, which the image in this article doesn't, despite being sourced as "public domain".

Specifically the parts here:

The attribution text must be legible to the average viewer or reader.
In Google Maps, you’ll find our data providers listed in the bottom right corner of the map.

The automatically generated Google logo and data provider attribution may only be removed or obstructed if reintroduced in a visible form elsewhere within the content (for example, in a photo caption below a Google Earth or Earth Studio still). In other words, your text must be as visible as it would have been if you had used the default text that we provide.

This basically means that simply attributing it in the author post would not count as "visible as it would have been had you used the default text"; additionally this makes this image non-compliant as it doesn't follow the legal citations. Google - under their terms of use - does not allow any reuse of Google Maps that do not have proper attribution.

Even if it were, redirecting the link to any visible locations within the map would be preferable to just using the standard Google Maps link (i.e. linking it to Farwell State Management Area).

For map-related images, I'd recommend using Open Street Map as they are under Creative Commons with a nice and easy attribution (that can be done in your author post!).

Just a quick tip, since as a fellow author I know going around the CC guidelines can be a bit rough for the perfect image sometimes. Good luck on it!

Re: Image

MalyceGraves 20 May 2020 14:23

Oh dear. Thank you for the heads up, I deeply appreciate it. Obviously the information that I was going off of was massively incorrect.

I have replaced the image and updated the attribution at your suggestion.

Again, thank you.

memxli 27 May 2020 02:54

Not totally sure what's going on here, but the logs definitely engaged me and it all seems pretty cool. +1

Grigori Karpin 03 Jul 2020 02:01

Loooooooove it

ShadowSpirit90 01 Oct 2020 16:56

Honestly, I kinda love that this is a bit like SCP-1936, but from a different pantheon/mythos, and that the defending party actually saved people.