[mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

[Marco Foi (marco.foi)]

Some time ago a similar issue was raised among UDig users and the conclusion was that:
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to consume Google Maps in Desktop clients.

The reason is simple: Google does NOT ALLOW this to happen. 
Basically each request for a map tile must come from another server having its own public IP.
Each request coming from a Desktop client would be dropped after very few answers.

Using Mapserver would be a workaround but would BROKE the LICENSE agreement.

Marco Foi

----- Messaggio Originale -----
Da: Rahkonen Jukka <Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi>
Data: Mercoledi', Agosto 26, 2009 9:47 am
Oggetto: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps
A: Niels-Peter Jensen <npj at i-gis.dk>
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org

> Hi,
> 
> Openlayers applications are not cascading Google Maps tiles but 
> client applications are requesting them from Google API, 
> directly from the users computers.
> 
> I think that chapter 10 in the document at 
> http://code.google.com/intl/fi-FI/apis/maps/terms.html says 
> rather clear that you are not allowed to serve Google Map data 
> through your Mapserver.
> 
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> > Lähettäjä: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> > [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Puolesta 
> > Niels-Peter Jensen
> > Lähetetty: 26. elokuuta 2009 10:05
> > Vastaanottaja: 'Christopher Schmidt'
> > Kopio: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Aihe: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps
> > 
> > Yes, it could be a violation of terms, but not if the 
> > copyright notice and links still is there - or am I wrong on 
> that ?
> > At least, thats this is what the Openlayers community thinks.
> > I think it would be a very nice if that could be accomplished 
> > with MapServer too.
> > 
> > Niels-Peter
> > 
> > 
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt at metacarta.com]
> > Sendt: 25. august 2009 17:14
> > Til: Niels-Peter Jensen
> > Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Emne: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0200, Niels-Peter Jensen wrote:
> > > Hi mapserver users
> > > 
> > > Does anybody know if there has been done work to let 
> > MapServer consume 
> > > Google maps ? I know that this is possible in OpenLayers 
> > (an example:
> > > http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/google.html), but with 
> > MapServer I can
> > > only se it the other way around, MapeServer serving maps 
> > til a GoogleMaps
> > > application by WMS.
> > 
> > Doing so would be a violation of the terms of use of Google Maps.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > -- 
> > Christopher Schmidt
> > MetaCarta
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Marco Foi
Università degli Studi di Milano
Dip. di Scienze della Terra "A.Desio"
Sezione di Geologia e Paleontologia
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