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Map material from China not allowed to leave that country
I am not sure if the context of your question is really on-topic here, but since the answer and its implications is very much relevant for travellers as well, I'll give it a try.
The explanation you ...
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Is Leaflet Framework free?
Leaflet is free ($) and open, with a minimal requirement of keeping the license should you redistribute it.
Leaflet is a library that lets you display - and more - data. It is not a data provider.
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Seeking alternative to Google Maps Elevation API
I've been working on opentopodata.org as a free, open alternative to the Google Maps Elevation API.
Request URLs look like this:
https://api.opentopodata.org/v1/eudem25m?locations=51.875127,-3....
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User limits in Portal for ArcGIS
100 users are provided by the license. If you want to add more users you will have to buy a new license that will allow you to make more users in the portal. The LDAP won't allow you to have more ...
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ArcGIS ERROR 000824: The tool is not licensed in arcpy
Wrap the part of your code that needs Spatial Analyst extension as follows
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("spatial")
#your code
arcpy.CheckInExtension("spatial")
By checking out ...
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Is installing QGIS on company computer legal?
I am not a lawyer but, according to the information that you provide, it is legal to install QGIS on a computer of your company.
QGIS is distributed under GPL licence, version 2. Basically, it ...
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Understanding law or etiquette when applying changes to open-source software, specifically QGIS?
There are many open source license type. Some allow to reuse in a commercial software, other don't. All will allow you to amend the code for your own need as long as you respect the other clauses of ...
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Seeking alternative to Google Maps Elevation API
There is the Open-Elevation API (https://open-elevation.com/) that looks promising
see
https://github.com/Jorl17/open-elevation/blob/master/docs/api.md
for API examples
Live API sample:
https://api....
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1 year ArcGIS Desktop advanced student not working after formatting PC?
The student license will not work unless you de-authorized it before formatting your PC. You can contact your UNI or license provider and explain what happened. They can increase the pc count for your ...
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Can we use QGIS as commercial use?
You can use QGIS for commercial use without any fees or payment see: https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/index.html. qgisenterprise is a supportmodel for commercial support - by the way - there are a ...
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Python Importing Clarification?
So if I'm sending a script to someone, would I have to send all of the libraries I'm importing with it?
Further to Mattropolis' answer, you cannot just send the arcpy libraries. Arcpy requires ...
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Python Importing Clarification?
ArcPy is installed when you install ArcMap. If you want someone else to run your Python scripts that use the ArcPy modules, then they should have ArcMap installed and licensed as well. It all depends ...
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Licensing Issues while writing Community Project using ArcPy?
If you're writing tools/code that only require a basic license to replicate functionality available with an advanced license then go nuts, people have been doing that for years. For example, the ...
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Using different ArcMap licenses on same computer?
It seems you should be able to do all the things you are exploring to do between the two different licenses. It doesn't appear that using different licenses on the same computer would be violating any ...
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Attribution for Bing maps in QGIS QuickMapServices?
Some layers provided by the QuickMapServices plugin come with Attribution information in the layer properties. Unfortunately the Bing layers do not.
Here's what the Bing Maps API Terms of Service ...
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Shapefile licence agreement when publishing map made with R's maps package
If you mean maps (with s at the end), then it is GPL-2 (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=maps), like R (https://www.r-project.org/about.html)
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How check in python, cmake or c++ if ArcGIS license is valid
In python you can check it using arcpy extension. Here is code. You can also check the extension that are available in ArcGIS
import arcpy
print arcpy.ProductInfo()
## Check out the ArcGIS Spatial ...
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Understanding law or etiquette when applying changes to open-source software, specifically QGIS?
QGis is licenced using the GPL as are all plugins, so provided the end user abides by the terms of that license all is fine.
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How to attribute/cite QuickMapServices Google satellite layer in QGIS?
Following the Google Attribution Guidelines :
All uses of Google Maps and Google Earth content must provide
attribution to both Google and our data providers. We do not approve
of any use of ...
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Crediting QGIS and source of map data in print
A bit late but regarding the reference to the QGIS team when creating maps you can have a look here: https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/faq/index.html#i-created-a-map-with-qgis-do-i-have-to-mention-...
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Commercial Use of QGIS
QGIS is published under the "GNU General Public License" (source: https://www.qgis.org/en/site/about/index.html), so yes, it can be used for commercial purposes (see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/...
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Exporting classified image from eCognition Essentials Trial license?
In the trial version of eCognition all functions to export your results have been disabled. Outside of that, no features are unavailable in the trial and there is no time limit.
As such, the short ...
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ArcGIS Server License Update - Additional steps for Enterprise GeoDatabase?
If you want to update the license before expiry, you can use the "Update Enterprise Geodatabase License" toolbox tool available in ArcMap, ArcCatalog or Pro.
Install new license on the ...
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Repairing ArcGIS license that became untrusted after Windows 10 install?
Assuming you're using a license borrowed from a license server, rather than a standalone license, is to rename "C:\ProgramData\ESRI\FLEXnet" to "C:\ProgramData\ESRI**~FLEXnet**", and then run ArcGIS ...
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How to Initialize ArcObjects license in a 64 bit process (such as ArcGIS Pro)
I installed - but did not authorize - ArcGIS Server on my machine.
I was then able to set references in my Visual Studio ArcGIS Pro project to the Esri.ArcGIS assemblies, compile and use them in ...
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User limits in Portal for ArcGIS
This is from the ESRI Support Website:
If the maximum number of registered members per membership level exceeds your license entitlement, you are no longer in compliance with the license. [...] If ...
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Geoserver commercial license
No, there is no possibility to purchase a licence and the project steering committee have no plans to dual licence GeoServer as there would be no benefit to us to do so.
Why do you need a commercial ...
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Is it possible to install multiple instance of ArcGIS Portal on the same machine?
According to a response from Esri, no, it is not possible to configure multiple instances of Portal on the same machine.
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Who Owns MXDs? Client or GIS Specialist
Yes, I agree with Vince in the comment above. Your lawyer is probably going to tell you that you have to give them the MXD. If you wanted to exclude your custom symbology you would have had to do that ...
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