[Geodata] Historical Boundaries Dataset

[Christian Willmes]

thanks Rafal,

Yes I know that way, and we have nice maps in the mapcollection of our
Instiute from that time and also a good A0 Format Scanner, but I try to
avoid that kind of work... ;-)

but If I do It that way, would it be legal to publish the digitized data
under a free open licence to share it with the community, even if the
(paper)map itself is copyrighted?

best regards,
Christian

Rafal Wawer schrieb:
> Hi,
> In case you won't find such dataset, you can digitize the boundaries
> yourself, basing upon a scan of old atlas map from the repository of
> David Rumsey Map Collection. You can georeference it easily, eg in
> Quantum GIS and use at least as a background.
>
> Best regards:
> Raf
>
> Dr. Rafal Wawer
> K.U.Leuven
> R&D Division SADL (Spatial Application Division)
> Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224
> BE-3001 Leuven-Heverlee
> Belgium
> tel. 0032 16 329731
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Willmes"
> <c.willmes at uni-koeln.de>
> To: <geodata at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:35 PM
> Subject: [Geodata] Historical Boundaries Dataset
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Is this the right place to ask something like that?? If not please
> direct me to a more appropriate place. :)
>
> Does somebody know if there is a Historical Boundaries Dataset from
> around 1900 of the complete world? Especially colonial borders in Africa
> of that time are of interest, but the rest of the world also.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Christian
>


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