Hi,
Natural Earth is totally separate from Google and the terms of use are
at https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/ - that data is
public domain.
Please understand that I won't answer all of your questions regarding
copyrights of specific data sources. You can use Google just as well as
I can do ;-) to find the terms of use or copyright of certain data sources.
Greetings,
Andreas
Am 31.03.20 um 11:17 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:
Many thanks. Sorry to add a pesky question, do you know if this
applies also to Natural Earth? Is it separate or a part of google?
On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 10:21, Andreas Neumann <a.neum...@carto.net
<mailto:a.neum...@carto.net>> wrote:
Hi Hamish,
Yes, copyright has to be taken into account for any data sources
you use in your QGIS project.
Esp. base maps. Note, f.e. that you cannot use Google Maps as a
background layer for your new map. The terms of Google Maps
disallow to create any new maps based on their data, if it isn't
using the Google Maps API and keys.
You can use OpenStreetMap as a base map, but they also have a
copyright: you have to mention that you use their data, if you
want to use it.
And you are not allowed to derive any data from Google Maps base data.
Text and images, as you say, also have copyright.
Greetings,
Andreas
Am 31.03.20 um 10:18 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:
Thanks for the speedy reply, Andreas. Much appreciated. By data
do you mean stuff like statistics, insert photos, written
information about a location from another source, etc?
Best wishes
Hamish
On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 10:08, Andreas Neumann
<a.neum...@carto.net <mailto:a.neum...@carto.net>> wrote:
Hi Hamish,
Your assumptions are right. As the map author, when you are
creating new maps in QGIS, you are the copyright owner of
your map.
However, as Paolo pointed out, if you load data from various
sources, you'd have to first check the copyright conditions
of the data you use to create your maps.
Greetings,
Andreas
Am 31.03.20 um 09:34 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:
Good morning,
I am an historian looking to bring to life a work for
publication illustrated by annotated physical and cultural
maps inspired by examples seen from QGIS training videos. As
a stumbling beginner I have already invested many hours
trying to master the basics. However, before I invest many
more hours and finessing maps I need to know urgently if I
will have to pay copyright permission to use my maps in a
publication. Am I being naive in thinking maps created
become my own property and copyright just applies if I
attempted to develop software using elements found through
QGIS? The latter is my impression scrolling through terms
and conditions. I.e maps produced are free and become my
copyright in a publication?
Thank you in anticipation of your time.
Best wishes
Hamish Macdonald
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