![]() government has released the data into public domain, with the following conditions imposed (quotation from VMAP0 Copyright Statement):Īs an agency of the United States government, NIMA makes no copyright claim under Title 17 of the United States Code with respect to any copyrightable material compiled in these products, nor requires compensation for their use. ![]() įurther steps have been taken by the Free World Maps Foundation and others to have the data licensed under the GNU General Public License, while remaining copyrighted, as an alternative to the public domain. Various public groups are making efforts to have all VMAP1 data moved to the public domain in accordance with FOIA. However, some data may be commercialised by national mapping agencies, sometimes as a consequence of privatisation. Following the trend of the United States, much of the VMAP data has been offered to the public domain.īut many countries consider mapping and cartography a state monopoly for such countries, the VMAP Level1 data are kept out of the public domain. The USA Freedom of Information Act and the Electronic Freedom of Information Act guarantee access to virtually all GIS data created by the US government. ![]()
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