-------- 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]>, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> 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 [log in to unmask] 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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] 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/