The two platforms, e-rara.ch and e-manuscripta.ch, are paving the way for open data: Since December 1, 2016, the Public Domain Mark 1.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0 license has also been used for digitized maps wherever possible. The maps can therefore be freely used for scholarly, personal, non-commercial, and commercial purposes. As before, they can be downloaded free of charge directly from the two platforms, e-rara.ch and e-manuscripta.ch (for manuscript maps).

The libraries participating in these platforms support open access to information through Open Data. Researchers and the interested public thus benefit from easy access to historical materials.

www.e-rara.ch

www.e-manuscripta.ch