[OSM-newbies] Out of copyright maps

[Matt Williams]

2009/8/26 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>:
> Matt Williams wrote:
>> 2009/8/26 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Does anybody know when the next set of OS maps loose there copyright?
>>> The NPE one seem to be around 1947 & as copyright on maps is 50 years I
>>> was wondering if there is a later set that could be used.
>>> How often were the OS maps updated back in the '50's?
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/7th_Series is the next to come out
>> of copyright. I'm unsure about the current state of the scanning
>> though.
>>
> Thanks for the link. Any idea why the scan is only for north England &
> Scotland?

I believe that it's Steve Chilton working alone on the map/scanning
for that so I'd imagine that it's because that's all he's got round to
doing. I'm not sure if he's on this list (?) but he could answer these
questions much better.

> It mentions tourist maps for specific areas. I presume they're coming
> out if copyright.

We're keeping track of any maps that might be coming out of copyright
at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Out-of-copyright_maps so have a
look there for any mention.

-- 
Matt Williams
http://milliams.com