Reproduction of OS materials may be independently permitted by the licences issued by Ordnance Survey to many users. In all cases the granting of permission will depend upon the anticipated effect of the proposed publication on the promotion, sales and associated marketing activities involved with BGS's hard copy and digital materials. On the BGS Web site, a copyright notice which refers specifically to the BGS materials appears at each particular location. For general copyright information, or other specific copyright information, users are referred to other appropriate locations. BGS reserves the right to take appropriate action against unlicensed users or users making use of unauthorised copies.
Discounts are available for educational users, and statutory bodies.
Initially discuss their requirements, with staff in the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Section. A BGS analogue copyright licence does not cover any form of scanning, or digital copying and manipulation, for which additional specific licences are required. How to obtain permission to use BGS digital materials 1. This consent is supplied under a separate BGS digital licence. In a similar fashion, the Ordnance Survey also independently licences the use of their digital material.