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Subject:	Re: map projection copyright
From:	Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc.
Date:	Tue, 8 Nov 2016 13:22:38 -0500
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I think that things like formulae come under the rubric of ideas, basic
concepts that cannot be copyrighted.  Of course, a specific map created at
a particular time, using a specific projection, is a thing that can be
copyrighted.


Ken Grabach
Maps Librarian
BEST Library, 219D
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, OH  45056  USA

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On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don’t think you can copyright a projection.
>
>
> Jon Jablonski
> Spatial Data Librarian, Map & Imagery Lab
> Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory
> 805-893-4049
> UCSB Library
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> On Nov 7, 2016, at 1:37 PM, George Carhart <[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> can anyone tell me the best way to find a list of copyright dates for
> world map projections developed in the 20th century.
>
> Thanks
> George Carhart
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