[OpenLayers-Users] Google license

[Kevin Galligan]

How would one do this?  I'm using openstreetmaps now, and things look
OK, but I think people are used to how google maps looks.  Plus the
color scheme is a little "warmer".  OSM is very blue/gray.

Not that I'm complaining.  I'm using postgis, geoserver, OL and OSM,
and the stuff you can do with all that, for free, is fantastic.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Jan Martin<janmartin3 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Also, do you know that one can style OpenStreetMap maps to look like google
> maps?
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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Zac Spitzer <zac.spitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Peter,
>>
>> broadly speaking, your simply still bound to all google's map api
>> restrictions,
>> bar the fact that your allowed to embed via OL rather than the gmaps api.
>>
>> Gmaps doesn't allow usage which is non free (ie password protected)
>> without a commercial license. Therefore you might be going to run into
>> such issues with things like reports
>>
>> z
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>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Peter Dawn<petedawn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > i might add, what are the legal complications of generating reports or
>> > screenshots of OL with google maps as the base layer. perhaps even in
>> > commercial documentation or reports or brochures etc.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Richard
>> > Greenwood<richard.greenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I am confused with regard to the legal aspects of using Google maps in
>> >> OL. Is this the license, or terms of service, that governs use of
>> >> Google map layers in within OpenLayers:
>> >> http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS or is there a different one?
>> >>
>> >> Under http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS It says:
>> >> "5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the
>> >> Services by any means other than through the interface that is
>> >> provided by Google..."
>> >> So is Google referring to their server interface here, not their
>> >> client JavaScript interface? And thus it is okay to use OL instead of
>> >> the Google map API?
>> >>
>> >> Basically my questions is: From a legal perspective, is there any
>> >> difference between consuming and displaying Google map layers in
>> >> OpenLayers as opposed to doing the same in Google maps API? I know
>> >> that people are generally reluctant to express legal opinions, but any
>> >> general hints or pointers would be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> --
>> >> Richard Greenwood
>> >> richard.greenwood at gmail.com
>> >> www.greenwoodmap.com
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