Hi Mark,<br>using the google APIs thorugh their libraries or thorugh OL doesn't change your licence position. <br>AFAIK you can use their services with no charge unitl you don't strictly make money by means their APIs. Instead you're allowed to provide a commercial service with no fess if you can document that your incomings are not directly connected with the APIs use (eg consulting, advertizing, etc.).<br>
Anyway be careful that the Google EULA forbids wrapping their services under different names. OL publish google tiles directly, i.e. it doesn't proxy or wraps the Google services.<br>Here are some Google official notes [1] [2].<br>
<br>giovanni<br><br>PS: If you need support on OL or webgis client dev in general, me and my company can give it ;)<br><br>[1] <a href="http://code.google.com/intl/it-IT/apis/maps/terms.html" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/intl/it-IT/apis/maps/terms.html</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/04/updates-to-google-maps-apigoogle-earth.html" target="_blank">http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/04/updates-to-google-maps-apigoogle-earth.html</a><br>
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2011/6/28 quade <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@websolving.co.uk" target="_blank">mark@websolving.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all<br>
<br>
I'm trying to develop a vehicle tracking system<br>
I'd planned to use the google maps api<br>
<br>
However, someone mentioned they want lots of money per year to use it, and<br>
suggested openlayers instead<br>
<br>
I'm really confused about the whole thing<br>
Can i use openlayers (or anything else) and use the title maps from google<br>
maps and still get around the licence issue?<br>
<br>
I'm a .net developer, but have no experience in maps so have a steep<br>
learning curve<br>
<br>
I would really appreciate some guidance on my options<br>
Thanks all<br>
Mark<br>
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