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Q&A Permission to use open source data

I am working on a technical book teaching users how to analyse data using geographic information systems. I would like to use data from an open source data portal such as open source fire departmen...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by David Fort Myers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:51:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/39022
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar David Fort Myers‭ · 2019-12-08T09:51:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am working on a technical book teaching users how to analyse data using geographic information systems. I would like to use data from an open source data portal such as [open source fire department data](http://data.detroitmi.gov)

My project would include redistributing the data with the book, analyzing the data in exercises for each book chapter and creating graphics and maps of the data.

Do I need to seek approval / permission to use this data in a book from the municipality? Is this open data fair to use? I am new to this topic so please feel free to offer suggestions on how to approach this issue.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-09-19T15:18:41Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 2