I witnessed a fascinating presentation, this morning, on a project which has digitised the first map of London at building level, and overlays it with data from other sources:
http://www.romanticlondon.org/
The data sets are freely available, but the British Library claims copyright over the map images - I'm sure some of you will have your own views about this.
I shall notify the project's creator, Dr Matthew Sangster, about this post. He would be a good speaker for a future GLAM conference.
Andy, you can find the map on Commons at [1].
It's been a few years since I had a personal, and positive, chat with the British Library copyright/legal management. I would be happy to drop in again for a meeting to chat about how better to handle this project, or others, if they spot me lunch.
If there are any other /obviously/ PD images of immediate interest to Wikimedians, consider dropping me a private email.
Links: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_the_Cities_of_London_and_Wes... 2. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/p/zoomify88482.html
Cheers, Fae
On 27 October 2015 at 13:31, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
I witnessed a fascinating presentation, this morning, on a project which has digitised the first map of London at building level, and overlays it with data from other sources:
http://www.romanticlondon.org/
The data sets are freely available, but the British Library claims copyright over the map images - I'm sure some of you will have your own views about this.
I shall notify the project's creator, Dr Matthew Sangster, about this post. He would be a good speaker for a future GLAM conference.
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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