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Luis,
The contents of the USB drive are protected only by copyright and by a
license agreement. There is no physical impediment to prevent illegal
copying. The author and publisher rely on the basic honesty of the vast
majority of those who are in this community of common interest.
Standard copyright does apply, and, in this case, the copyright is held
by the author. There is also a license agreement, and this contains
fairly standard terms relating to use, backup, transfer of ownership, etc.
Jeremy Pool
MapRecord Publications
On 3/19/2011 6:31 PM, Luis Robles Macías wrote:
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I find this way of editing, on USB drive instead of paper or
PDF/ePub/etc, very innovative and interesting.
I have got two questions for the editor: 1) How do you intend (if you
do) to protect the contents of the USB drive from copying? 2) Do you
plan to apply standard copyright terms or some alternative license?
Regards,
Luis A. Robles Macías
PS: I have created this new Gmail address specifically for MapHist as
my usual e-mail (lroblesm at uoc dot edu) is apparently no longer able
to send messages to this list.
2011/3/15 Jeremy Pool <[email protected]
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Publication Announcement:
*The Last Great Cartographic Myth - Mer de l'Ouest* by Don McGuirk
This cartobibliography traces the appearance of the mythical Sea
of the West on printed maps. This imagined extension of the
Pacific Ocean into the North American continent - reflecting the
hopes and dreams of a Northwest Passage - appeared on printed maps
beginning in 1700 and continued to appear for over a century. The
cartobibliography describes and illustrates 239 maps (many
described in multiple states and versions), and is accompanied by
an introductory overview as well as the first translation into
English of J.N. De L'Isle's /Nouvelles Cartes des Decouvertes de
l'Amiral De Fonte/, which was a prime factor behind the appearance
of Mer de l'Ouest on maps published in the 18th century.
This cartobibliography is published on a USB flash drive, for use
under MS/Windows. The flash drive format provides a number of
advantages over a printed book:
» Copious high-resolution imagery. Most of the entries are
accompanied by one or more high-resolution images. Map images
can be viewed at full (zoomed in) resolution, or scaled to fit
the image window. Multiple image windows can be opened
simultaneously, allowing side-by-side comparison of map images.
» Fully searchable and sortable: by map-maker, title, date, or
any (or all) of the available fields.
» Hyperlinks: The cartobibliography utilizes clickable
hyperlinks to let you jump between related entries and to open
up web pages containing related information (e.g. additional
online imagery, WorldCat citations, etc.).
» Portable: The flash drive weighs 2 grams (8 grams when
stored in its credit-card sized case), yet holds nearly half a
gigabyte of text, data and imagery.
» Updateable: The author and publisher will release periodic
updates, which will be available as a simple (and relatively
small) download from the publisher's website. Instead of
errata sheets or addenda & corrigenda pages, the updates will
bring the entire cartobibliography up-to-date with the latest
additions, corrections and imagery.
The cartobibliography is available ($45 plus shipping) directly
from the publisher, MapRecord Publications. Further information is
available at www.MapRecord.com/MerOuest.html
<http://www.MapRecord.com/MerOuest.html>.
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