On: Police concerned with Apple iOS 6 mapping system

[unfamiliar]

He's not advocating outright plagiarism. Checking your own results against someone else's is perfectly acceptable and recommended.

[bonaldi → unfamiliar]

Not if the terms of use of the "someone else" explicitly prohibit such activity. This is particularly common with local information providers (eg business/event listings).

[mda → unfamiliar]

Depends on the definition of "someone else". Check the terms and conditions of all big/high quality map data providers.

[mynameisvlad → unfamiliar]

Not for the media. This would be a media gold mine.