[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

Martin Wynne martin at templot.com
Thu Sep 5 13:52:31 UTC 2019


On 05/09/2019 09:47, Jez Nicholson wrote:.... It would seem ridiculous 
for me to have to set up an account and> licence the underlying section 
of map to sell a single field.... But what> if I'm selling 15,000 
fields?? etc., etc.

Field boundaries don't change much over the years. If you use an OS map 
over 50 years old it is out of copyright, and can be marked up as the 
basis of a modern survey if needed.

Get the person who drew the red line on a modern map to draw it again on 
an old map.

Martin.



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