Re: OS Maps on a website

BUT. They appear to have a rather strict view of commercial gain. If you have advertisements on your website, it seems that you do not count. So i'm sure my site wouldn't count as i have some paid links and some advertisements to *try* and cover the hosting fees - and if i had OS mapping, to cover the cost of the licence. So far, i reckon that the website has cost me more than i've gained financially from it.

They also have a 'very' strict view on what constitutes a map. A couple of years ago I used to draw a line-diagram in Paintshop Pro of my route and put that on the website. It wasn't a snapshot of the map, but my simple use of a mouse to try and recreate 'roughly' the route, with text for villages and hills. I also put on the diagram which OS map should be used for the area. The first problem I had was an email from OS telling me I had an illegal map on my site. Having checked all the pages and found no map, I ignored the email. Some weeks later I received a rather long email from the OS stating their cartographers had carried out a detailed inspection of my drawing and I was in breach of their map copyright. My options were to either purchases a license, remove the drawings, or face court proceedings to have my site closed down if they were not removed. I took the 'easy' option and removed them! Should have wrote to a national paper about the minow being hounded by the a large government department.

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Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk
'Mountains or Mole Hills, summiting
still brings the same excitement!'


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