[Geodata] Historical Boundaries Dataset

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 06:06:53PM +0100, Christian Willmes wrote:
> 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?

"It depends."

If the copyright of the map is still active: Generally speaking, probably not.
However, most maps from the 1900s may actually have been created arund that
time, in which case the copyright may well have expired. In that case, it would
be allowabl, I believe.

-- Chris

> 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
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Christian Willmes
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> Universität Köln            | University of Cologne
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Christopher Schmidt
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