keith maguire <kerpo...@...> writes: > In the discussion of the Adelaide out-of-copyright street maps BlueMM said: > BTW, some of the MMBW index maps have dates like 1977 hand written on them, > which means they aren't free till 2028!! The highest zoom maps I have seen are > very old, and are free of copyright (there might be 1955+ in there). Even > worse, if it isn't dated, it probably "unpublished" and the NLA site mentions > it might > have perpetual copyright!!! > > Conveniently at the moment I'm one of the maps librarians in the State Library > of Victoria so I can clarify this a bit -- in terms of the dating of things > -- I am no expert on copyright. <<SNIP>> > CheersKeith
Hi Keith, Wow, what are the odds that someone: follows the OSM-AU mailing list & from the State Library of Vic & is a Map Librarian!!! Slightly off topic, but is there any chance the library could upgrade their web viewing system to be like OSM's slippy map or Google's? That is, a drag-able map with map tiles, leaving all of the work for the client, the libraries server would just have to host the tiles. I find the interface to the current system painful to use. A few links that might be useful are: OpenLayers http://openlayers.org/ Google Maps Image Cutter http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/software/googlemapimagecutter.asp Not sure how the library does these kind of projects, but if resources are an issue, a student project at a University might help. I have a few contacts that may help. Cheers, BlueMM _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
