SV: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

[Till Adams]

Niels-Peter,

the features you mention (turning on/off layers, changing order of 
layers) are for me more client side features than serverside- or 
mapserver-features - which brings us back to the client... ;-)

If you are looking for a free basemap you may check openstreetmap (OK, 
no aerial images so far, but also in progress: 
http://wiki.openaerialmap.org/OAM_2009 )

Regards, Till


> Hi Till
>
> I see the google maps tiles as a way of getting a free basemap. You are
> properly right regarding distroted labels when reprojecting googlemaps -
> depending on where you are in the world and the final projection. But at
> least a pure sattelite image would ok.
>
> I could make a client to consume both Mapserver and Googlemaps, but I would
> like to do it on the server side and be able to use MapServer features, eg.
> turning on/off layers, changing order of layers and so on.
>
> Regards Niels-Peter
>
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Till Adams [mailto:adams at terrestris.de] 
> Sendt: 26. august 2009 09:21
> Til: Niels-Peter Jensen
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Emne: Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps
>
>
> Niels-Peter,
>
> I really do not see the need for this.
>
> All things, which are fun regarding Mapserver are not possible with 
> GoogleMaps, e.g. reprojection or define your map layout in an easy way. 
> Even if you would write some piece of code, which would enable mapserver 
> getting that google tiles as a datasource you'll have at least a slower 
> service than pure google and - if reprojecting the google stuff - you'll 
> have "unreadable" maps with distorted labels.
>
> So beside the fact Chris already mentioned - I think if you have a 
> client, which is able to show Mapserver services AND google map services 
> together, you're fine, or what is your intention?
>
> Regards, Till
>
>   
>> Yes, it could be a violation of terms, but not if the copyright notice 
>> and links still is there - or am I wrong on that ? At least, thats 
>> this is what the Openlayers community thinks. I think it would be a 
>> very nice if that could be accomplished with MapServer too.
>>
>> Niels-Peter
>>
>>
>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>> Fra: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt at metacarta.com]
>> Sendt: 25. august 2009 17:14
>> Til: Niels-Peter Jensen
>> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Emne: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0200, Niels-Peter Jensen wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi mapserver users
>>>
>>> Does anybody know if there has been done work to let MapServer 
>>> consume
>>> Google maps ? I know that this is possible in OpenLayers (an example:
>>> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/google.html), but with MapServer I can
>>> only se it the other way around, MapeServer serving maps til a GoogleMaps
>>> application by WMS.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Doing so would be a violation of the terms of use of Google Maps.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   
>>     
>
>
>   


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