20th March 2007, 03:12 PM
I am very interested in the potential of any systems that use GIS generated data, but think that to be of any great value to archaeological researchers this has to go the WFS rather than WMS route. And I wonder if 'commercial' archaeologists in the UK are prepared to go that route off their own backs and whether 'non-commercial' archaeologists have the means and motivation.
I understand that Google Earth is 'open access' material but surely there must still be restrictions on uploading copyrighted material onto any 'open access' system without the express permission of the copyright owner. I am guessing that OAU are licenced by Ordnance Survey to use OS maps and map data in a regulated fashion, but would this extend to making Google Earth 'maps' created from OAU data, created by using OS data, freely available on the internet?
I understand that Google Earth is 'open access' material but surely there must still be restrictions on uploading copyrighted material onto any 'open access' system without the express permission of the copyright owner. I am guessing that OAU are licenced by Ordnance Survey to use OS maps and map data in a regulated fashion, but would this extend to making Google Earth 'maps' created from OAU data, created by using OS data, freely available on the internet?