you don't think that only Soviet did that, right? There is evidence, that GNS data (based on US military series) on at least part of territory of Russia was likewise borrowed from Soviet topomaps. No way they can systematically get names of specific geographic features otherwise.
Everyone spied on everyone and I guess continue to do so. Maxim Вы писали 1 июля 2010 г., 6:01:10: L> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Jaak Laineste wrote: >> Unfourtunatly >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_Soviet_Union does not >> mention anything about maps. Were soviet military maps >> subject of copyright within USSR at all? This seems to be the key >> question. >> >> According to my common sense, there are several ways how I could >> protect my stuff (software, maps, images etc), main ones: >> a) copyright laws, automatic >> b) try to keep it secret >> c) patents, trademarks L> I read the whole article and decided that USSR copyright was issued to L> creative works, of which a map is usually one. L> Whether copyright extends to facts on the map is not mentioned. L> Very interesting, with "the boot on the other foot" is the statement from UK's L> Ordnance Survey claiming that the Russian maps must be stolen from their L> mapping L> http://images.jomidav.com/sovietmaps/OS%20Statement.pdf L> a claim which has been thoroughly disputed by map scholars reviewing the L> actual maps L> http://images.jomidav.com/sovietmaps/unclejoe1.pdf L> and L> http://images.jomidav.com/sovietmaps/unclejoe2.pdf L> Checked Russian maps of Australia available on the internet and most L> disappointed. One gold mining area in low resolution only. L> _______________________________________________ L> talk mailing list L> talk@openstreetmap.org L> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
