google maps projection

[Allan Doyle]

Some info about Google and WMS:

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/07/where_20_first.html

http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/index.php? 
duty=Show&id=12107&trv=1&PRSID=3c94e78bac0131f7633e8e42344f3adc

There is a chance that using Google maps as a true WMS layer violates  
the terms of service of the Google maps license key. c.f. http:// 
gmerge.2ni.net/

Google for google wms...

     Allan

On Oct 12, 2005, at 16:28, Chip Taylor wrote:

> Ok, you have piqued my interest!  Had to go out and look at  
> Google's map
> API.  Way cool stuff.  Anyway, how do you overlay a Mapserver map  
> on top of
> a Google map?
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER- 
>> USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>> Behalf Of John Hagstrand
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:25 AM
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] google maps projection
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using MapServer to generate maps that I then overlay on top  
>> of Google
>> Maps.  To get them to match up, I need to get the projections to  
>> match.
>>
>> I've been told the following:
>> Google Maps uses the Mercator projection and the WGS 84 geodetic  
>> datum.
>> The
>> projection standard latitude is 0, and the projection standard  
>> longitude
>> is
>> -90.
>>
>> How can I translate that to a MapServer Projection block?
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>>
>> ___________________
>> John Hagstrand
>> www.MapTeam.com
>> 847 838 5371
>>
>
>

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