On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Paul Norman <penor...@mac.com> wrote:
> On 4/5/2016 11:49 AM, Michael Heißmeier wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > there is another option which I occasionally use. Depending on the area in > question you might find more-or-less outdated US military maps (JOG/AMS > etc.) which have the advantage that there is no copyright associated with > them. They tend to be fairly exact as far as terrain and waterbodies are > concerned and sometimes are good sources for the names of such bodies as > well. > > For your specific area the one to choose would be > > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/southern_africa/se-35-7-binga-southern_rhodesia-zambia.jpg > > > The map you linked is copyrighted and published in 1972 by the Director of > Military Survey, Ministry of Defense, United Kingdom, so we can't use it. > > Paul, thanks for pointing this out before I was able to start using it or had worked it into the instructions for the mapathon.
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