[Qgis-user] Help Copyright advice ref maps produced for publications

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Hamish,

Yes, copyright has to be taken into account for any data sources you use 
in your QGIS project.

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.

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.

And you are not allowed to derive any data from Google Maps base data.

Text and images, as you say, also have copyright.

Greetings,

Andreas

Am 31.03.20 um 10:18 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:
> 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?
>
> Best wishes
> Hamish
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 10:08, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net 
> <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Hamish,
>
>     Your assumptions are right. As the map author, when you are
>     creating new maps in QGIS, you are the copyright owner of your map.
>
>     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.
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     Andreas
>
>     Am 31.03.20 um 09:34 schrieb Hamish Macdonald:
>>     Good morning,
>>
>>     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?
>>
>>     Thank you in anticipation of your time.
>>
>>     Best wishes
>>     Hamish Macdonald
>>
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