[OSM-talk-be] atlas der buurtwegen/des chemins vicinaux - legal aspects

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 10:02:15AM +0200, Luc Van den Troost wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 20:27 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is that special in case of government information?  I was under the
> > impression that for something like that copyright would have expired
> > 70 years after publication.
> > 
> Well, it's because the 'atlas der buurtwegen' never is publicised. It is
> created around 1840, has been (or should be) updated since, and has been
> available for consultation upon request since it's origin. But it never
> has been publicised. 

I would have assumed that it falls under the anonymous part of the law,
and that says: "geoorloofde wijze voor het publiek toegankelijk is
gemaakt".  And I assume it's always been available to the public.


Kurt

> > Most of the borders got changed in 1976-1977.  I wonder if anything was
> > published in het staatsblad/moniteur, and wether that is public domain
> > or not.
> > 
> In fact very little borders were 'changed'. Most of the borders remained
> intact and only old municipalitys were joined together in most cases.

You're right, they got merged.  But atleast were I live it actually got
parts of other municipalities.

> More results can be found googling on belgian sites for wet + wijziging
> + grenzen or other similar combinations, eventually with the name of a
> municipality. 
> 
> http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&q=wet+wijziging+grenzen&btnG=Google
> +zoeken&meta=cr%3DcountryBE
> 
> sometimes results can be quite detailed (cm precise - border of
> Vilvoorde)

All those laws should be available somewhere, it's just a matter of
finding them all.  And they're not all online.


Kurt