Hi all,
A few points of clarification related to the other thread.
1. I am Rob, ex OSM UK Director (not that that makes me any more special
than anyone else in our community) and not "Rob from OSMF".
2. National Library of Scotland keep the OSM wiki page up to date
themselves. Chris Fleet is
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Date: 1 Dec 2020, 11:25
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Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS
(!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a
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Date: 1 Dec 2020, 11:23
From: ipswichmap...@tutanota.com
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Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS
(!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking
On 01/12/2020 09:32, Ken Kilfedder wrote:
1. Is there an overpass syntax that would let me download (to JOSM) - all ways
with addr:housenumber added or changed via a changeset with a certain source
tag? (and not updated by something else later)
2. Could I then wipe all such addr:housenumbers
On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 10:53, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
wrote:
> Looking at https://maps.nls.uk/copyright.html#exceptions am I right in
> thinking that the non-commercial contract restriction also applies to
> some other NLS layers (e.g. OS 1:25k and 7th series scans) which have
> been
On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 09:53, Ken Kilfedder wrote:
> IpswichMapper forwarded me this note, apparently received from NLS via an
> enquiry made by Rob-from-OSMF:
>
> > “I wish I could give you better news on the 1940s OS maps of south-east
> > England.
> > Unfortunately, you’re right, they were
On 01/12/2020 10:11, Tom Hughes via Talk-GB wrote:
Of course it's only claiming they do have a copyright that they
can make such a license necessary.
Not necessarily. If you can establish a contract at every stage in the
chain, you may be able to impose restrictions that go beyond copyright.
So that can't possibly be when the copyright expires, rather it's
a question of contractual provisions in a license agreement between
them and NLS not copyright as such.
Of course it's only claiming they do have a copyright that they
can make such a license necessary.
Tom
On 01/12/2020 09:49,
As a side note to the legal aspect, the house numbers can be horribly
inaccurate. I compared Oxted to a ground survey, and the old map
simply numbered the houses consecutively, which isn't reality on the
ground. One possible explanation is that brand new estates (1940s)
were done this way, as the
Hi Tom,
IpswichMapper forwarded me this note, apparently received from NLS via an
enquiry made by Rob-from-OSMF:
> “I wish I could give you better news on the 1940s OS maps of south-east
> England.
> Unfortunately, you’re right, they were scanned by a third-party commercial
> company
> who
If we assume that a new copyright is created by the scanning (which is
a complicated question) then there is no way it expires next year.
What exactly do you think the term is for this copyright and when do
you think it starts from?
I don't think it's relevant anyway as I thought NLS had given
SO,
It turns out - we cannot use these images until the scanner's copyright expires
at the end of next year. Happily, it seems like there will be GB-wide coverage
available at that point, not just the London-Southend-Brighton area.
However, I have been happily using these images for a bit
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