[sword-devel] Sword Atlas

[Mark Ayliffe]

On Friday, April 25, 2003 1:29 PM [GMT+0100=CET],
Chris Little <chrislit@crosswire.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what you had in mind, but I was thinking to start with
>> something simple. Perhaps a good place to start would be with just a
>> handful of maps, like those found in the back of many Bibles.
>
> I've got just a couple ideas about this:
>
> 1) It would be very good if someone could do their own scanning of
> maps from printed books with expired copyrights.  Maps that are to be
> found online are frequently still copyrighted, have been altered
> (especially with the URL of the hosting site), or even have the
> laughable claim of copyright on the basis of scanning.  Better to
> avoid all of this if possible.

I have an 1854 pictorial edition of Matthew Henry which has a bunch of maps.
Would it be useful for me to scan one or two to see if they could be useful?

Mark