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<DIV><SPAN class=284061208-08022010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ooops.... typo</FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN class=284061208-08022010><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>In my
opinion it allowed to use the free Google Maps with QGIS without public access.
</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>http://code.google.com/intl/de-CH/apis/maps/terms.html#section_7_1</SPAN></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In my opinion it <SPAN
class=284061208-08022010>is not </SPAN>allowed to use the free Google Maps with
QGIS without public access. </SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://code.google.com/intl/de-CH/apis/maps/terms.html#section_7_1</SPAN>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr. Horst Düster</FONT> <BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>-----Ursprüngliche
Nachricht-----<BR>
<B>Von:</B> Düster Horst <BR>
<B>Gesendet am:</B> Montag, 8.
Februar 2010 09:00<BR>
<B>An:</B> a.neumann; rdmailings<BR>
<B>Cc:</B>
qgis-user<BR>
<B>Betreff:</B> AW: Re: [Qgis-user] google wms<BR>
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<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>I am not sure if the
Google maps licence would allow the embedding of</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>Google maps data in Desktop GIS?</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In my opinion it allowed to
use the free Google Maps with QGIS without public access. </SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://code.google.com/intl/de-CH/apis/maps/terms.html#section_7_1</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As an other option for you is
to use OpenStreetMap. It is possible to embed OSM in conjunction with GDAL
1.7.0 into QGIS. Try to use the attached file as raster source with
QGIS.</SPAN>
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<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Horst</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">------------------------------------------------</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dr. Horst
Düster</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stv. Amtschef / GIS-Koordinator
</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kanton
Solothurn</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bau- und
Justizdepartement</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amt für
Geoinformation</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SO!GIS
Koordination</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Rötistrasse
4</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CH-4501 Solothurn</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Telefon ++41(0)32 627 25
32</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mobil ++41(0)79 511 54
12</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Telefax ++41(0)32 627 22
14</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">mailto:horst.duester@bd.so.ch</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.agi.so.ch</SPAN>
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<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Ursprüngliche
Nachricht-----</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Von: Andreas Neumann
[mailto:a.neumann@carto.net]</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Gesendet
am: Montag, 8. Februar 2010 08:16</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">An:
Richard Duivenvoorde</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cc:
qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Betreff: Re:
[Qgis-user] google wms</SPAN>
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<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Another restriction is the
fixed projection of the tiles and the licence</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">restrictions.</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">However, given that in some
regions, Google maps is one of the very few</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">data sources available with ease, it is probably worth
the effort.</SPAN>
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<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I am not sure if the Google
maps licence would allow the embedding of</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Google maps data in Desktop GIS?</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Andreas</SPAN>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On Fri, February 5, 2010 5:59
pm, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
M.E.Dodd wrote:</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>> Is it
possible to use google maps or the MS equivalent in qgis,</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>> presumably not?</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
Hi,</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> no there is at this moment no such way to use
those kind of maps. These</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> kind of
services are called 'Tiled Map Services', and one of the</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> drawbacks of these are that (without othere
rescaling clientside) they</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> serve
only (map tile) images for fixed scales.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> We
have been thinking about it at an earlier hackfest, but up untill
now</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> nobody has started to work on
it.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Theoretically it would be feasible: just provide
some 'tile-scheme' to a</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
WMS-T/TMS/-layer and provide the service url.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Then the layer could retrieve the 'capabilities'
and from that on maybe</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> the map
will be frozen to only the scales provided by this Tiled Map</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Server (?).</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Map-Libraries like openlayers also have this
notion of either 'free</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> scaling'
or 'fixed scales'.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> But
somebody should pick up this glove :-)</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
Regards,</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Richard Duivenvoorde</SPAN><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
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<DIV class=Normal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-- </SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Andreas Neumann</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.carto.net/neumann/</SPAN><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.svgopen.org/</SPAN>
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