[talk-ph] Using Non-copyright Images to Map

seav80 at gmail.com seav80 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 12:47:55 GMT 2008


Another thing. It's not clear what the projection that Wikipedia map
uses, so you cannot exactly trace it (or rectify it) if you don't know
the original projection and the coordinates of the map's extent, even
if the licensing is kosher.

Regards,
Eugene


On 12/3/08, D Tucny <d at tucny.com> wrote:
> 2008/12/3 maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
>
>> > The original source
>> > is
>> http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Discovery_bay.svg&variant=zh-hk
>>
>> Which then points to:
>> Source: Drawn using Inkscape mainly according to Centamap.
>> http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx
>> that says:
>> "(c) Survey and Mapping Office Lands Department Copyright reserved -
>> reproduction by permission only "
>>
>
> Ahh, thanks, I missed that...
>
>
>>
>> > I'm also a little concerned as to the source of the original data used
>> > to
>> > make the map... If it was traced off google for example, does that put
>> OSM
>> > at risk?
>> Probably yes.
>>
>
> I'd say the wording of the copyright notice makes it a definitely not usable
> source...
>
> d
>


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