[sword-devel] Sword Atlas

[Don A. Elbourne Jr.]

Chris,

That sounds like some good ideas. The great thing is IMHO we don't have to
decide between various types of maps. If we are creating our own collection,
we could easily mix satellite data generated maps along with old public
domain maps and maps that copyright holders may want to release.


by grace alone,

Don A. Elbourne Jr.
http://elbourne.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Little" <chrislit@crosswire.org>
To: <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Sword Atlas


> 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.
>
> 2) On the other hand, if someone wants to get permission to use
> copyrighted maps, that would be great too.  I know that Son Light
> Publishers permits e-Sword to distribute their maps, so they might be give
> us permission as well.  There seems to be another nice one here:
> http://www.anova.org/sev/atlas/htm/ .
>
> --Chris
>
>
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