[mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

[Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH]

What about using the Google Maps static API and making multiple calls and
tiling? Is that within the TOS?

Mike


On 8/26/09  1:16 PM, "Christopher Schmidt" <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 05:13:53PM +0200, Marco Foi (marco.foi) wrote:
>> Some time ago a similar issue was raised among UDig users and the conclusion
>> was that:
>> IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to consume Google Maps in Desktop clients.
> 
> This isn't strictly true. Desktop clients which are capable of embedding
> a browser can use the browser, render a scene, take the resulting image,
> and display that to the client. There are a number of clients which
> do exactly that in OpenStreetMap editors, for example.
> 
> However, this is obviousl significantly more complex than just fetching the
> tiles, which is the way most people discuss doing it.
> 
> Anything is possible, but that doesn't mean it will be easy.
> 
> Regards,