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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">All,</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I don't know whether is violates any rules or not, but it can consume the Google data just like Open Layers can, because it uses the OpenLayers display engine.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Yes, it's a client, that's why the Server (re-processing) clause in the Google restrictions don't (directly?) apply.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Even if OpenLayers wasn't being used as the display engine, GeoMoose could still consume Google maps, but it would be an add-on of some sort. OpenLayers was used to provide this add-on functionality.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">bobb</font> </p>
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>>> Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt@metacarta.com> wrote:<br> </p>
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:47:06AM -0500, Bob Basques wrote:<br>> All,<br>><br>> The newest version of GeoMoose is built on top of OpenLayers, so if the OpenLayer LIB is able to directly access, then GeoMoose can too. I'm not up on the OpenLayers particulars, but as I understand things, the OpenLayers read options were a big reason for incorporating OpenLayers into GeoMoose.<br>><br>> Looks like some GeoMoose Demos need to be put together . . . .<br><br>I guess I don't understand something... I thought GeoMoose was a web-based<br>client. Most web-based clients should be able to consume Google Maps (as I<br>said); But non-web based clients (generally) can't. (There are exceptions<br>to this, even without violating the ToS, but they're the exception, rather<br>than the rule.)<br><br>Is GeoMoose a contradiction to that? Or is it instead just another<br>web client that can consume Google Maps without violating the ToS?<br><br>Best Regards,<br>--<br>Christopher Schmidt<br>MetaCarta<br>
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