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Crown copyright applies to all Ordnance Survey maps or based mapping from the publication date to the end of that calendar year and then for a further 50 years.
Ordnance Survey maps older than this may be copied without restriction.
Copyright rules for reproducing other Ordnance Survey mapping depend on your type of school.
Local authority funded, aided or financially supported schools are regarded as departments of their local authority and are covered by the copyright licence held by the local authority with Ordnance Survey. This enables LEA schools to:
1. Acquire paper maps from any local authority.
2. Acquire digital mapping supplied to any local authority by Ordnance Survey under their Mapping Service Agreement. The Mapping Service Agreement includes:
- Ordnance Survey Mastermap - Topography layer
- Ordnance Survey Mastermap - Integrated Transport Network (ITN)
- Land-Line® data
- 1:10 000 Scale Raster data
- 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster data
- OSCAR Asset-Manager®
- ADDRESS-POINT®
- Code - Point
- Code - Point polygons
- Boundary-LineTM
- Ordnance Survey Street view
3. Acquire other digital data, purchased by your own local authority from Ordnance Survey in addition to the Service Level Agreement.
4. Use digital data acquired in a computer system.
5. Copy any mapping the school has purchased, or acquired from any local authority, for all internal requirements.
6. Allow individual students to request a copy of a map directly from the local authority for a school project provided that:
- a letter of authority from the school is presented with the request; and
- the copy remains the property of the school and not the student.
7. You may include a location map in a prospectus or magazine sold or distributed outside the school.
Local authority schools can use mapping on their website, however they need to be aware of the terms and conditions. Therefore we advise they contact the appropriate local authority for details.
In addition, individual students may obtain extracts of Ordnance Survey mapping from libraries.
1. Under the fair dealing rules, they may copy a small quantity of any Ordnance Survey mapping less than 50 years old for their private study, research. criticism or review purposes.
2. Further details about supply and use of Ordnance Survey mapping can be obtained from the Ordnance Survey Liaison Officer (OSLO) at your local authority.
3. Further details about copyright, or who your OSLO is, can be obtained from the Customer helpline on 08456 05 05 05.