New Digimap OS Collection licence

As of 1 August 2009, Digimap's Ordnance Survey Collection has been available under a new Variation Licence Agreement covering the period August 2009 to July 2010. A new licence is being negotiated to cover the period August 2010 onwards.

Although the 2009-10 Sub-Licence Agreement itself remains unchanged, some of the clauses in it are superseded by the Variation Agreement. Those terms in the Sub-Licence Agreement which have not been altered by the Variation Agreement still apply so both documents must be read together.

Key changes relate to the definition of Authorised User and to the publication size restrictions. Two new data products have also been included in the new agreement: 1:250 000 scale colour raster and MiniScale, another raster dataset nominally at a scale of 1:1 million. You can read more about these products on the Digimap website.

While the licences themselves are the only definitive source of what is and what is not permitted under the agreements, we have compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions to aid understanding of the licensing arrangements.

Noting that subscription fees remain unchanged on last year (2008-09), institutions can renew their subscriptions under the Variation Agreement by completing the appropriate forms on the JISC Collections website.