<html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    <br>
    That the USGS is not claiming copyright is clear. My issue is that
    the maps themselves are obviously based on sources that were not
    produced by the USGS themselves  (maps probably confiscated or
    otherwise obtained during WWII). The first one I looked at
    referenced an Hungarian map from 1940 (which potentially could be
    out of copyright but just as good could not be) just as an example.<br>
    <br>
    Simon<br>
    <br>
    Am 15.01.2012 23:54, schrieb Janko Mihelić:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAA=vpS9FkEfUpDObPB7ek0xjAwrhSZjsmShY7bOKiQNnS+2EfA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">There is a statement here:<br>
      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
        href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/faq.html#3.html"
        target="_blank">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/faq.html#3.html</a><br>
      <br>
      And there is no special marking of copyright on those maps.<br>
      <br>
      Janko<br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">2012/1/15 Simon Poole <span dir="ltr"><<a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:simon@poole.ch"
            target="_blank">simon@poole.ch</a>></span><br>
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">These maps
          seem to be derived from non-US sources (maps)  that may
          actually still be copyrighted. Has there been any formal and
          official statements on the status?<br>
          <br>
          Simon<br>
          <br>
          Am 15.01.2012 23:26, schrieb hbogner:
          <div>
            <div><br>
              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                He forgot the translation :D<br>
                <br>
                New imagery<br>
                <br>
                Hi from croatia mappers!<br>
                The U.S. Geological Survey has made public maps of the
                whole Ex Yugoslavia under the Public Domain license,
                which means we can use them in the Openstreetmap
                project. List of maps in pdf format here:<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/former_yugoslavia/"
                  target="_blank">https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/former_yugoslavia/</a><br>
                <br>
                Unfortunately, not all maps are scanned, the yellow
                areas are available:<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/former_yugoslavia/index_map.jpg"
                  target="_blank">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/former_yugoslavia/index_map.jpg</a><br>
                <br>
                Our member dodobas geocoded the maps and we put them on
                the server maintained by user hbogner on the Faculty of
                Geodesy in Zagreb.<br>
                We are inviting you to use the imagery to fill the
                Openstreetmap with as much usefull data possible!<br>
                <br>
                I suggest you use the tag source=U.S. Defense Mapping
                Agency for the elements drawn over these backgrounds so
                we can easily find what is drawn with these maps.<br>
                How to use them?<br>
                <br>
                In JOSM:<br>
                Go to Edit > Preferences... > WMS TMS > + (Plus
                sign lower right) > TMS<br>
                Menu name= USGS osm-hr<br>
                TMS URL = <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://tms.osm-hr.org/1.0.0/all_ustopo/%7Bzoom%7D/%7Bx%7D/%7By%7D.png"
                  target="_blank">http://tms.osm-hr.org/1.0.0/all_ustopo/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png</a><br>
                Screenshot: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://osm-hr.org/josm.png" target="_blank">http://osm-hr.org/josm.png</a><br>
                <br>
                In Potlatch:<br>
                Go to Background > Edit...<br>
                Make a new line:<br>
                Name= USGS osm-hr<br>
                URL= <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://tms.osm-hr.org/1.0.0/all_ustopo/$z/$x/$y.png"
                  target="_blank">http://tms.osm-hr.org/1.0.0/all_ustopo/$z/$x/$y.png</a><br>
                Screenshot: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://osm-hr.org/potlach.jpg" target="_blank">http://osm-hr.org/potlach.jpg</a><br>
                <br>
                If there are any problems, contact us!<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://osm-hr.org/"
                  target="_blank">http://osm-hr.org/</a><br>
                <br>
                <br>
                _______________________________________________<br>
                talk mailing list<br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk"
                  target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a><br>
              </blockquote>
              <br>
              <br>
              _______________________________________________<br>
              talk mailing list<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk"
                target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a><br>
            </div>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
      </div>
      <br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </body>
</html>