[OpenLayers-Users] Request PDF from GeoServer

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 02:54:18PM +0200, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
> cgp wrote:
> > Referring to the archives:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/users@openlayers.org/msg00277.html
> >
> > I am wondering how to print the base layer to the PDF as well? I am using
> > Google base layers and I don't know which property to use to pass into the
> > URL. The line "layersstring.push(map.layers[i].params.LAYERS)" does not work
> > for Google layers because they don't have the Layers property.
> >   
> 
> This technique only works for layers that are all on the same server. 
> Google is a separate service. What you could try is create SLD inline 
> features from the Google tiles, but I neither know whether the Terms Of 
> Use allow to do this, nor if it is possible at all to access the tiles 
> on the server without the Google API.

Technically yes, but by the terms of service, no.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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