Thank you for choosing to visit and support the MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online website.

MAPCO is pleased to be able to provide these beautiful maps and views free of charge for your interest and pleasure. There will be new items displayed on the site every month. Please visit on a regular basis to see what has been added.

Your continuing support of the MAPCO website is greatly appreciated.

About Donating To MAPCO

1 About MAPCO
2 Making Donations
     2.1 PayPal
     2.2 PayPal Security
3 Privacy Policy For Donations
     3.1 Privacy
     3.2 Taxation
4 Copyright And Ownership
     4.1 Copyright
     4.2 Ownership

1 About MAPCO

The maps displayed on the MAPCO website are the result of thousands of hours of work, scanning and preparing these beautiful items for free web display. The site is approximately 95% self-funded (that is, I* finance it!), with a small income generated through the site.

Numerous enquiries about how to financially support the MAPCO website have resulted in the implementation of a facility to make Secure Credit Card donations towards the upkeep of the site. If you would like to make a donation to MAPCO your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

All funds raised through donations and generated income are used to cover administration costs (webspace and domain name) and to purchase more maps for display on the site. MAPCO operates on a not-for-profit basis, and is a free access website. All income generated through the site is reinvested in the site.

MAPCO is a free access website, and always will be!

Donations are purely optional.

2 Making Donations

2.1 PayPal

PayPal is a secure payment provider that processes credit card and bank transfer payments. You do not need to have a PayPal account to make a donation to MAPCO. A donation can be made through PayPal using a number of cards, including Visa/Delta/Electron, MasterCard/EuroCard, Switch/Maestro, Solo, American Express and Discover, depending on where you are in the world.

Donate Now Through PayPal

Please leave a message for MAPCO during payment when prompted. Thank you.

MAPCO will send you a "Thank You" email when your donation is received.

Please note that MAPCO is not a registered charity, so donations are not tax deductible.

2.2 PayPal Security

Payment of your donation to MAPCO will take place through a secure server. When you make your donation the SSL Secured padlock icon will appear in the Status Bar at the bottom of your browser window. This indicates that the transaction is taking place through a secure encrypted server.

The PayPal website explains their secure transaction system thus:

PayPal uses the latest Data Security and Encryption technology and proprietary procedures to protect the security of its members transactions.

The security of your information, transactions, and money is the core of our business and our top priority at PayPal.

PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available). Before you even register or log in to our site, our server checks that you're using an approved browser - one that uses SSL 3.0 or higher.

Once your information reaches us, it resides on a server that is heavily guarded both physically and electronically. Our servers sit behind an electronic firewall and are not directly connected to the internet, so your private information is available only to authorized computers.

3 Privacy Policy For Donations

3.1 Privacy

MAPCO will not provide information about donors to any other party except as required by law.

You will not receive emails or further contact from MAPCO beyond a "Thank You" email message, unless you specifically request it.


3.2 Taxation

MAPCO is not a registered charity, so donations are not tax deductible.

The Taxation Office requires that I* keep the names, contact details, donation amounts and donation methods of donors on file. This information is for the purpose of taxation records only, and will not be passed on unless required by taxation law.

Please note that although MAPCO is required by Taxation law to keep these records, the MAPCO website is not currently subject to any taxation payments. This means that 100% of your donation will be used to support the work carried out on the MAPCO website.

4 Copyright And Ownership

4.1 Copyright

The MAPCO website is intended as a research aid for genealogical and historical researchers. The images on the site are and remain © Copyright David Hale / MAPCO 2013.

Images on the MAPCO website can be used free of charge for illustration purposes in non-commercial local and family history publications, student projects, etc.

Permission for use must be sought from MAPCO before using any images on this site. Contact MAPCO through the 'Contact' link above.

All use of MAPCO map, plan, and view images must acknowledge David Hale and the MAPCO website as the source.

These images are for non-commercial (non-profit and non-income earning) use only. Commercial (profitable or income earning) use of these images is not allowed without payment of a 'copyright release' publication fee.

A donation made to MAPCO in no way implies that the donor has purchased the right to reproduce MAPCO images for commercial (profitable or income earning) use. Payment of a 'copyright release' publication fee for commercial (profitable or income earning) use is still required even if a donation has previously been made to the MAPCO website.

Profitable or income earning use of these images may be allowed for recognised registered charitable organizations without payment of a 'copyright release' publication fee by agreement. Permission for use must first be sought through the 'Contact' link above prior to use.


4.2 Ownership

The original copies of the maps, plans, and views displayed on the MAPCO website, the images displayed on the MAPCO website, and the MAPCO website, website design, web space, and income generated through the MAPCO website, remain the physical and intellectual property of David Hale / MAPCO, David Hale being the MAPCO website creator and administrator.

A donation made to support the ongoing work of the MAPCO website in no way entitles the donor to ownership or commercial (profitable or income earning) use of the original copies of the maps, plans, and views displayed on the MAPCO website, the images displayed on the MAPCO website, the MAPCO website design, the MAPCO web space, income generated through the MAPCO website, or the MAPCO website itself.

* David Hale, Adelaide, South Australia, the MAPCO website creator and administrator.