data-protection data-ownership
Is it legal to upload NASA&#39;s SRTM dataset to kaggle?
<p><strong>Short Version:</strong>
Is it legal to upload NASA's SRTM dataset to kaggle.com?</p>
<p><strong>Long Version:</strong>
I'm doing a computer science and data science project on landslide analysis. For this, I'm considering a variety of features, including slope patterns. To computer slope I'm using NASA's
SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) global elevation dataset.</p>
<p>You can find this dataset here: <a href="https://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MEASURES/SRTMGL1.003/2000.02.11/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MEASURES/SRTMGL1.003/2000.02.11/</a>
However the process of downloading this data is a bit messy/unorganized. Therefore there are many sites such as the following two which make the process of doing this easier such as the following two</p>
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<li><a href="http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/Coverage%20map%20viewfinderpanoramas_org3.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/Coverage%20map%20viewfinderpanoramas_org3.htm</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dwtkns.com/srtm30m/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dwtkns.com/srtm30m/</a></li>
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<p>I want to download the data and then upload it to kaggle.com, a data science hub. Is this legal? I would assume so since anyone can download NASA's SRTM dataset, but I've not many people provide the datasets for download through other websites.</p>

<p>The <a href="https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/resources/faqs/#am-i-allowed-to-reuse-lp-daac-data" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FAQ page</a> linked from the site listed in the question says</p>
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<p><strong>Does NASADEM have restrictions on reuse, sale, or redistribution?</strong></p>
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<p>NASADEM does not have restrictions on reuse, sale, or redistribution. However, users of NASADEM products are encouraged to cite the product. A Citation Generator is available on each NASADEM DOI Landing Page.</p>
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<p>...</p>
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<p><strong>Am I allowed to reuse LP DAAC data?</strong></p>
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<p>All data distributed by the LP DAAC contain no restrictions on the data reuse.</p>
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<p>It also says that &quot;NASADEM is derived from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) raw data&quot;</p>
<p>Thus it seems that no restrictions are placed on reuse or <strong>redistribution</strong>. That should include uploading the data to another site. Giving proper attribution and source credit may not be required, but would in my view be advisable.</p>
