Re: OS Maps on a website
- From: Roger <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:40:55 +0100
The message <UTxNh.8033$F82.1084@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from "sandy saunders" <sandy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:
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.
You should have told them you used an out of copyright 1" as the basis
for the overview and your gps track for the track itself and any POIs
you might have included that weren't named on the 1". It should be
fairly easy to get hold of a 1" over 50 years old if you don't happen to
have one to start with. 1:25000 maps would be a good deal scarcer.
--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.
.
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