[OpenLayers-Users] Saving with a Google Maps base layer

[Chris Adams]

The google scales are given in the open layers code, you should be able 
to calculate it easily.

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 01:59:05PM -0700, Gregor at HostGIS wrote:
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>> Chris Adams wrote:
>>     
>>> How about this?
>>> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/
>>>       
>> Hey, nice!
>>
>> I do see 1 issue with some uses: "640x640 is the largest image size 
>> allowed" So you may have to figure up, say, 4 references points within 
>> the image and make those queries to get the images. Of course, that 
>> means multiple "Powered by Google" texts.
>>
>> The use of viewport, looks as if it would return an image not matching 
>> your requested bounds, so computing how to blit that into your final 
>> product may not be feasible.
>>     
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> In my experience, this is the case: you don't know what the actual
> extent of the resulting image was. Maybe that's changed since I looked.
>
> -- Chris
>
>   
>> Fascinating idea, though. I will contact one of our customers who does 
>> use Google Maps under OL and who has been wanting to print them, and see 
>> whether he'll fund 1-3 hours of R&D. If he does, I'll be updating the 
>> Printing page.
>>
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