[Openstreetmap] London locations

[Lester Caine]

Lars Aronsson wrote:

> Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> 
>>While we're on out-of-copyright maps, am I safe copying stuff 
>>from a 1945 OS map?  (I have a 1945 map of the Southampton area) 
>>Could I put data copied from a 1945 OS map (e.g. names of 
>>features in the New Forest) under a Creative Commons licence? 
>>Just want to double-check it; I believe it's 50 years (i.e 1945 
>>is easily safe...)
> 
> 
> You probably cannot copy the map, since less than 70 years have 
> passed.  If you compile a list of place names and coordinates, 
> that list cannot be covered by copyright, but it can be covered by 
> database right for 15 years.  This right belongs to you, not the 
> OS, so if you want you could stop people from copying your list in 
> its entirity or large portions until the end of 2020.

CROWN COPYRIGHT which applies to any government related documents is 50 
years from date of publication, rather than 70 years from the death of 
the author. Copyright of maps other than crown copyright is taken from 
the publication date rather than the death of the author, since in most 
cases there are several authors, but maps drawn and contained in books 
the longer time frame applies. The maps in Lord of the Rings go with the 
copyright of the book rather than from the publication date for example.

I have a large set of 1/2" and 1/4" maps that are also in the process of 
being scanned and will be made available. These are Bartholomew pre 1935 
and OS pre 1955. I've built a camera table to photograph them rather 
than relying on a scanner, but pressure of work is slowing things down :(

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