[Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

[David Woolley]

On 31/01/16 15:46, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> Can anyone help with my original question, which was:
>
>> What's the potential to get these crown-copyright-expired maps as an OSM
>> layer, for tracing?
>

They have. They have told you the answer depends on the copyright 
status.  You've only asked about the potential, and that depends 
entirely on whether or not it can be legally done, as there are no 
fundamental technical problems.

Are you really asking if anyone is prepared to fund the tile server, and 
donate time to any georeferencing needed?