-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Scanned map copyright question
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:07:48 +0000
From: Mary Whelan <[log in to unmask]>
To: Geoff Forbes <[log in to unmask]>,
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Hi Geoff,

Sorry, I forgot to add that piece.  He is planning to put the GIS files
into an archaeological digital repository (tDAR - the Digital
Archaeological Record).  There will probably be articles published in
archaeology journals that include some of the illustrations as well, but
the impetus of the question was for "publishing" in tDAR.

Thanks,
Mary

Mary Whelan, Ph.D.
Geospatial and Research Data Manager
Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services
401DA  Hayden Library
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
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480-727-2004


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Forbes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 12:03 PM
To: Mary Whelan; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Scanned map copyright question

Hi, Dr, Whelan--

It depends on what he intends to do with the data he is deriving from
those materials, e.g., publishing, disseminating, selling.

Best regards,

Geoff

Geoffrey A. Forbes, M.S.
Director of Sales
LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping LLC
Tel: +1.763.428.4129
Fax: +1.303.790.9734
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Web site: www.landinfo.com

------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Scanned map copyright question
Date:   Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:07:33 +0000
From:   Mary Whelan <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>

I’m hoping someone on the list can provide guidance on this question.

An archaeology professor is starting a project where he is starting with
published books (about archaeological sites in Central America),

·scanning the plan maps of architectural monuments from the books
(temples, pyramids, etc.),

·georeferencing the scans using GIS software,

·digitizing the georeferenced scans by hand to create a GIS vector file

·slightly modifying the GIS vector file to eliminate lines that they
don’t want (not wall or architectural detail changes, but eliminating
lines from the figure in the book.

His question is, does he need copyright permission from the book
publisher for each map?  Or, because he is digitizing and editing
(slightly), is citing the original source enough?

Thanks in advance for any answers you can provide,

Mary

Mary Whelan, Ph.D.

/Geospatial and Research Data Manager/

/Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services/

/401DA  Hayden Library/

/Arizona State University/

/P.O. Box 871006/

/Tempe, AZ  85287-1006/

[log in to unmask]

/480-727-2004/