Digital Maps

[Lab_Rat]

I play some PFS online and as such I like to make digital maps of the maps in scenarios for use on virtual tabletops. These maps are 100% created by me in photoshop. The only thing taken from the original map is the layout (room sizes, item locations, etc). Nothing is copied from the original map and pasted into my recreation.

I believe this is the pertinent quote from the Community use doc:
"You may not use artwork, including maps, that have not been published in the blog, although you may create your own interpretations of material presented in our artwork and maps, provided that your interpretations don't look substantially similar to our materials."

And I am going to assume that since I am recreating the map from scratch it would fall in the "don't look substantially similar" category.

Are these maps OK to share?

[Andrew Eakett]

This would seem to indicate that you're in the clear... as long as you meet the other requirements of the CUP (such as adding yourself to the registry, not using any of Paizo's trade dress, and adding that magic blurb somewhere on your map (or the site it's available from)).

[Vic Wertz]

Lab_Rat wrote:

And I am going to assume that since I am recreating the map from scratch it would fall in the "don't look substantially similar" category.

Here's the test I'd use:

Would someone familiar with our maps assume that your version *is* our version?

[Lab_Rat]

Thanks Vic.

I am confident that the answer to that position is No. Should I still register my maps through the community use doc and have a community use blurb on each map?

[Vic Wertz]

Yes, please!