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Subject:        Re: Acknowledgement for Maps made with GIS (Friday Discussion
Topic)
Date:   Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:03:02 -0500
From:   Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
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To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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You probably need to credit copyrighted DATA provided by proprietary
sources (cf ESRI's note at
http://www.esri.com/legal/copyright-trademarks.html).

My understanding (and it is standard practice in groups I work with in
the commercial sector) that you do not need to credit the tools used to
manipulate this data, whether ESRI or Adobe or drafting table. All they
want is for you not to use pirated software!

Public sources vary in their data-use license—some require credit, some
do not. Check with individual sources, in the metadata if nowhere else.

Whether you need to credit sources for scholarly purposes is between
you, the standards-holders for your field and your publication outlet.

--
Nat Case, Head of Production
*HEDBERG MAPS, INC.*
Creative Cartographic and Marketing Solutions

hedbergmaps.com <http://www.hedbergmaps.com>
612-706-9686 (direct: 612-548-5672)
1500 Jackson St NE, Suite 314
Minneapolis, MN 55413 USA


On 7/22/11 9:30 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Acknowledgement for Maps made with GIS (Friday Discussion
> Topic)
> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:10:45 +0000
> From: Eva Dodsworth <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> My understanding is that you must acknowlwdge the dataset and the
> application used. In most cases publishers will need written permission
> to publish screenshots or maps created with proprietary software like
> Esri's ArcGIS.
>
> Eva Dodsworth
> Geospatial Data Services Librarian
> University of Waterloo
>