[Talk-GB] DoBIH Update - Permission Received

David Woolley forums at david-woolley.me.uk
Sat Feb 23 19:07:26 UTC 2019


On 23/02/2019 16:05, Silent Spike wrote:
> but I have always understood that heights and grid references are 
> scientific fact and as such are not copyrightable.

There is explicit legislation in the UK that establishes database rights 
and it is actually those, rather than copyrights, that are the main 
issue for open mapping.

<https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/part/III/made>



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