[OSM-talk] Nove podloge

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Sun Jan 15 22:40:00 GMT 2012


These maps seem to be derived from non-US sources (maps)  that may 
actually still be copyrighted. Has there been any formal and official 
statements on the status?

Simon

Am 15.01.2012 23:26, schrieb hbogner:
> He forgot the translation :D
>
> New imagery
>
> Hi from croatia mappers!
> The U.S. Geological Survey has made public maps of the whole Ex 
> Yugoslavia under the Public Domain license, which means we can use 
> them in the Openstreetmap project. List of maps in pdf format here:
> https://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/former_yugoslavia/
>
> Unfortunately, not all maps are scanned, the yellow areas are available:
> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/former_yugoslavia/index_map.jpg
>
> Our member dodobas geocoded the maps and we put them on the server 
> maintained by user hbogner on the Faculty of Geodesy in Zagreb.
> We are inviting you to use the imagery to fill the Openstreetmap with 
> as much usefull data possible!
>
> I suggest you use the tag source=U.S. Defense Mapping Agency for the 
> elements drawn over these backgrounds so we can easily find what is 
> drawn with these maps.
> How to use them?
>
> In JOSM:
> Go to Edit > Preferences... > WMS TMS > + (Plus sign lower right) > TMS
> Menu name= USGS osm-hr
> TMS URL = http://tms.osm-hr.org/1.0.0/all_ustopo/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png
> Screenshot: http://osm-hr.org/josm.png
>
> In Potlatch:
> Go to Background > Edit...
> Make a new line:
> Name= USGS osm-hr
> URL= http://tms.osm-hr.org/1.0.0/all_ustopo/$z/$x/$y.png
> Screenshot: http://osm-hr.org/potlach.jpg
>
> If there are any problems, contact us!
> http://osm-hr.org/
>
>
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