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

[Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH]

Bing maps is providing a WMS interface via OnTerra
There is an article about it here

http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/6370-Bing-Maps-via-WMS.html

It would be a better approach.


Mike

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Michael Smith
RSGIS Center
US Army Corps of Engineers




On 8/26/09  4:17 AM, "Till Adams" <adams at terrestris.de> wrote:

> 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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