Copyright and Cartography: Understanding the past, shaping the future

本项目调查地图版权的历史。它旨在发现当我们寻求规范地理数据的生产和传播时，什么是利害关系，这是一个处于私人权利和公共访问高度争议的交叉点的领域。该项目计划广泛利用历史档案，从跨学科的角度编写澳大利亚和联合王国地图、图表和计划版权的全面历史。它旨在强调版权和文化领域相互塑造的方式以及这对地理知识的重要性。该项目的目的是参与当代改革与地理数据有关的版权法和政策的努力。

This project investigates the history of copyright in maps. It aims to discover what is at stake when we seek to regulate the production and dissemination of geographic data, a field which sits at the highly contested intersection of private rights and public access. Making extensive use of historical archives and taking an interdisciplinary perspective, the project plans to produce a comprehensive history of copyright in maps, charts and plans in Australia and the United Kingdom. It aims to highlight the ways in which copyright and the cultural field shape each other and the significance of this for geographic knowledge. The project is designed to engage with contemporary efforts to reform copyright law and policy relating to geographic data.