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<body>Am 22.09.2015, 10:27 Uhr, schrieb Rachel du Plessis <rachel@godadventure.org>:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I am operating on OS X version 10.9.5 and am using QGIS 2.6.1 - Brighton. I am using the Open Layers Plugin version 1.3.6 (Google maps) to create shapefiles and edit existing shapefiles over the Google map plugin data. I happened notice that in the Google Maps/Earth Permissions page under "Geo Permissions" a FAQ was posed:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html">http://www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>"I'd like to trace a map using your imagery. Can I?" The response: <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:20px">You may not use Google Maps or Google Earth as the basis for tracing your own maps or other geographic content." </span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px">My question: Does QGIS have some sort of agreement with Google Maps/Earth which allow the mapping community to use the plugin they have provided? Can anyone assist?</span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:13px;line-height:20px"> </span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px">Thanks,</span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px">Rachel</span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20px">East London, South Africa</span></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi, <br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't think that there is an agreement with Google.</div><div>But I think to remember that the Bing-maps are available for georeferencing, cause they are used in OpenStreetMap editors (But I don't know if this only allowed for OpenStreetMap data)</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from those "legal" issues, I recommend you to try the new QuickMapServices plugin.</div><div><br></div><div>Bernd</div><br><br><div id="M2Signature"><div>-- </div><div>Bernd Vogelgesang<br>Siedlerstraße 2<br>91083 Baiersdorf/Igelsdorf<br>Tel: 09133-825374</div></div></body></html>