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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I noticed at the IOW workshop weekend
how in-copyright Ordnance Survey maps (herein after referred to
simply as "OS maps") were not used in the planning stages at
all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Firstly, I'll make clear that at present I
have not needed to use OS maps at any stage as I have been working on areas
local to me. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However I have a number of points /
questions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) Is the objection to using OS maps legally
justified.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ask this because:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a) as there become more and more contributors to
OSM, the likelihood of some of them using OS maps for planning
increases</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>b) it was suggested that there might be an
OSM workshop in the Lake District. However it was pointed out that it
would be totally reckless to go wandering the Lake District without having
made reference to a current OS map.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) The copyright notice on an OS map
prohibits reproduction, but using it to plan a route for which original data
would be collected and then used to produce a map surely is not
reproduction.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2a) Can I use an OS map to decide when to start my
mapping. I'm not being critical of others here, but just making a point - I note
from some of the gpx tracks for people getting to / from the IOW workshop that
some of contributors travelled on motorways. As these were unlikely to be
included on 50 year old OS maps then either:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> (i) people were very lucky to have happened
to stumbled across a quick route to the Isle of Wight that included motorways;
or </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(ii) people may have used a copyrighted source in
order to determine how to get to the Isle of Wight and start mapping (and
incidentally create the gpx track of their route to the Isle of
Wight)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV>
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