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

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Sun Jan 31 16:51:56 UTC 2016


On 31 January 2016 at 15:57, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk> wrote:
> 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.

No; as I stated in my *original* post, quoted above, they are
crown-copyright-expired.

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

I'm asking what the *potential* is for that, or any other necessary
steps, to be done.

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Andy Mabbett
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