FAQ: Using The Great Circle Mapper's Maps

Q:May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps on my web page?

A:You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper onnon-commercial web pages(q.v.commericial use below)so long as you do not profitfrom them and you include the following credit on pages which include maps:

Maps generated by theGreat Circle Mapper -copyright ©Karl L. Swartz.

Adding the following HTML to your page will accomplish this:

Maps generated by the
<a href="http://www.gcmap.com/">Great Circle Mapper</a>&nbsp;-
copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.kls2.com/~karl/">Karl L. Swartz</a>.

The following variation may also be used, replacing YOUR NAME withyour name or your organization's name as appropriate:

Maps generated by YOUR NAME using theGreat Circle Mapper -copyright ©Karl L. Swartz.

This permission may be altered or rescinded at any time and for any reason.

Please embed your maps directly from www.gcmap.com rather thansaving the image—the server can easily handle the load—andmake the map a link to the URL used to generate it, which allows yourreaders to experiment with your map. In other words, if you want toinclude a Blue Marble map of SFO-LHR, your HTML should look like

<a href="http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SFO-LHR&amp;MS=bm"><imgsrc="http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=SFO-LHR&amp;MS=bm"></a>

I'd appreciate it if you would e-mail mea brief note about your use of Great Circle Mapper maps including theURL of your site. If you'd like me to include a pointer on theLinks orBlogs page,as appropriate, please let me know how you'd like it to read.(This does not represent a guarantee that a link to your sitewill be added to any Great Circle Mapper page.)

Q:May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps in printed material?

A:You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper innon-commercial publications(q.v.commericial use below)so long as you do not profitfrom them and you include the following credit with each map (or via a referenceor footnote included on at least each page which uses a map from theGreat Circle Mapper):

Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper (www.gcmap.com) -copyright © Karl L. Swartz.

Q:May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps on Wikipedia?

A:You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper onWikipedia so long as you

1. Provide attribution to the Great Circle Mapper
2. Include a link to this FAQ entry
3. List the source as the URL used to generate the map, which allowsreaders to experiment with your map.

For example, the following Wikipedia markup would meet these requirementsfor a Blue Marble map of SFO-LHR:

== Summary ==
{{Information
|Description = Map of SFO-LHR
|Source = http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SFO-LHR&MS=bm
|Author = [http://www.gcmap.com/ Great Circle Mapper]
|Permission = http://www.gcmap.com/faq/using#wikipedia
}}

== Licensing ==
{{Attribution||[http://www.gcmap.com/ Great Circle Mapper]}}

Q:May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps for commercial sites or publications?

A:Please write toKarl L. Swartzregarding terms for commercial use of the maps.If permission is granted, please append the following to the copyrightnotice:

Used with permission.

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