Also, do you know that one can style OpenStreetMap maps to look like google maps?<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Zac Spitzer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zac.spitzer@gmail.com">zac.spitzer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Peter,<br>
<br>
broadly speaking, your simply still bound to all google's map api restrictions,<br>
bar the fact that your allowed to embed via OL rather than the gmaps api.<br>
<br>
Gmaps doesn't allow usage which is non free (ie password protected)<br>
without a commercial license. Therefore you might be going to run into<br>
such issues with things like reports<br>
<br>
z<br>
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Peter Dawn<<a href="mailto:petedawn@gmail.com">petedawn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> i might add, what are the legal complications of generating reports or<br>
> screenshots of OL with google maps as the base layer. perhaps even in<br>
> commercial documentation or reports or brochures etc.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Richard<br>
> Greenwood<<a href="mailto:richard.greenwood@gmail.com">richard.greenwood@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I am confused with regard to the legal aspects of using Google maps in<br>
>> OL. Is this the license, or terms of service, that governs use of<br>
>> Google map layers in within OpenLayers:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS</a> or is there a different one?<br>
>><br>
>> Under <a href="http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS</a> It says:<br>
>> "5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the<br>
>> Services by any means other than through the interface that is<br>
>> provided by Google..."<br>
>> So is Google referring to their server interface here, not their<br>
>> client JavaScript interface? And thus it is okay to use OL instead of<br>
>> the Google map API?<br>
>><br>
>> Basically my questions is: From a legal perspective, is there any<br>
>> difference between consuming and displaying Google map layers in<br>
>> OpenLayers as opposed to doing the same in Google maps API? I know<br>
>> that people are generally reluctant to express legal opinions, but any<br>
>> general hints or pointers would be appreciated.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> --<br>
>> Richard Greenwood<br>
>> <a href="mailto:richard.greenwood@gmail.com">richard.greenwood@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <a href="http://www.greenwoodmap.com" target="_blank">www.greenwoodmap.com</a><br>
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