🚩 Report: Legal issue(s)
Dataset says it's from Google Earth, Google Earth datasets have Copyrights, repo lists license as MIT.
The contents of this repository are covered under the MIT License. However, if you intend to use the Google Earth imagery for commercial purposes, you will need to obtain permission through this Google form. This repository's usage of Google Earth imagery is consistent with fair use and academic purposes as defined by the Google Earth and Maps platform guidelines. If a different license better suits your needs, I'm open to suggestions. Let me know if this explanation is sufficient.
For additional information, please refer to the Google Brand Resources.
Updated README.md and LICENSE.
I have restricted access to this dataset pending a decision from a member of the Hugging Face Legal or Staff team. The dataset is intended for use in a paper we are currently working on. My understanding is that its usage aligns with Google Earth's Fair Use Policy.
@osanseviero
@julien-c
Just as an FYI, if your source imagery is the same as the compressed imagery, you can create your own version of the source imagery that would bypass the copyright issue entirely using https://gdal.org/programs/gdal2tiles.html or a similar tiling scripts, assuming the source imagery is in the public domain (which it would be if it was a product of the US federal government, but state government copyright law may vary).