[Gdal-dev] Google Earth Data retrieval

[Ivan Lucena]

Hi Mateusz,

If Nikolai wants to put an option in his application that calls Google Earth to show the area of interest, it is just an automated way to use Google Earth. And Google encourage us to do that. I can't see any copyright violation. It's just a matter of creating a KML like the following and calls GE to show the Placemark (or polygon) with the image available at the Google server. 

I am glad that you have raised the copyright question but maybe we should get in contact with Google and ask what then before investing more of our time in development.

Thanks.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Placemark>
  <name>Google Earth - New Placemark</name>
  <LookAt id="khLookAt639">
    <longitude>-47.84474593216702</longitude>
    <latitude>-15.75715197509273</latitude>
    <range>108.0773469140987</range>
    <tilt>-7.957063583552913e-006</tilt>
    <heading>-62.79871524526389</heading>
  </LookAt>
  <styleUrl>root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x307+hicon=0x317</styleUrl>
  <Point id="khPoint640">
    <coordinates>-47.84474593216702,-15.75715197509273,0</coordinates>
  </Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>

-----Original Message-----
From: gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Mateusz Loskot
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:15 PM
To: gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] Google Earth Data retrieval

Nikolai Vladychevski wrote:
> We
> will be using it for private use, just like we can use
> now Google Earth as standalone application.

But you will broke copyrights and licensing agreement using Google
images that way!
It's said, that you are allow to access those data only with GE, so
if you'll use third-party software not mentioned in the agreement, then
you obviously broke the agreement.

Cheers
-- 
Mateusz Łoskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net
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