[mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 05:13:53PM +0200, Marco Foi (marco.foi) wrote:
> 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.

This isn't strictly true. Desktop clients which are capable of embedding
a browser can use the browser, render a scene, take the resulting image,
and display that to the client. There are a number of clients which
do exactly that in OpenStreetMap editors, for example.

However, this is obviousl significantly more complex than just fetching the
tiles, which is the way most people discuss doing it.

Anything is possible, but that doesn't mean it will be easy.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta