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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Natural Earth is totally separate from Google and the terms of
use are at <a
href="https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/">https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/</a>
- that data is public domain.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Greetings,<br>
Andreas<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 31.03.20 um 11:17 schrieb Hamish
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<div dir="ltr">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?<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 10:21,
Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net"
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<p>Hi Hamish,</p>
<p>Yes, copyright has to be taken into account for any data
sources you use in your QGIS project.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.<br>
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<p>And you are not allowed to derive any data from Google
Maps base data.</p>
<p>Text and images, as you say, also have copyright.</p>
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Andreas<br>
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<div>Am 31.03.20 um 10:18 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium">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?</span>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best wishes</div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hamish</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at
10:08, Andreas Neumann <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">a.neumann@carto.net</a>>
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<p>Hi Hamish,</p>
<p>Your assumptions are right. As the map author,
when you are creating new maps in QGIS, you are
the copyright owner of your map.<br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Andreas<br>
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<div>Am 31.03.20 um 09:34 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Good morning,</div>
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<div dir="auto">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?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thank you in anticipation of your
time.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Best wishes</div>
<div dir="auto">Hamish Macdonald </div>
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