[pct-l] Printing Halfmile maps in color

[Postholer]

Excellent!

Thanks for doing the foot work on this. I had no idea!

"Universal Access to Human Knowledge", ya gotta like that!

-postholer
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: PNW Hiker 
  To: Postholer 
  Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 10:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Printing Halfmile maps in color


  Here's a source for USGS DRG's 
  http://www.archive.org/details/maps_usgs
  they are copyright free and you can do whatever you want with them. 



  On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Postholer <public at postholer.com> wrote:

    Hey Gary,


    > simply charge for the printing costs with no extra 'profit' that I'm
    > probably *not* violating the terms of the NatGeo license


    If  mass 'non-profit' digital maps are forbidden on the web, it would
    probably be true for printed maps as well, just a different media.

    It would really be great to have that data available!

    -postholer


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
    To: "Postholer" <public at postholer.com>
    Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
    Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:22 AM
    Subject: Re: [pct-l] Printing Halfmile maps in color


    >

    > On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Postholer wrote:
    >> If I had access to royality free topo maps I would have published a
    >> couple
    >> years ago through lulu.com with the proceeds going to the PCTA.
    >
    > I looked at the TOPO license, which is restrictive as you describe
    > regarding digital distribution.  What isn't clear to me is if the costs
    > for hardcopy reproduction can be passed along without violating the
    > 'non-commercial, freely distributed' clause in the contract and/or if the
    > license is transferrable (i.e. can the recipient of a hardcopy made by the
    > owner of the TOPO software make and freely distribute additional copies?).
    >
    > My gut says that if I buy TOPO software, make multiple hardcopy copies of
    > the map and simply charge for the printing costs with no extra 'profit'
    > that I'm probably *not* violating the terms of the NatGeo license but that
    > is just my non-lawyer gut speaking and only applies to the owner of the
    > TOPO software and to hardcopy (not digital) distribution.
    >
    >
    >
    > Gary Wright (Radar)
    >
    >

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