Comments on: Use Google Maps API to display data? Your data has been POWNED

By: Epicanis

Epicanis — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:59:12 +0000

Personally, I’d love to see more projects also support map generation from WMS and similar sources (presumably the above-mentioned “OpenLayers + OpenStreetMap” would also qualify). Legally-free WMS layers seem to be reasonably abundant.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:19:06 +0000

OpenLayers + OpenStreetMap.

Sorted

By: nearby.org.uk blog » Blog Archive » Between a rock and a hard place…

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:06:35 +0000

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By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Updates Google Maps API to calm the storm in Great Britain? | Developing Knowledge about Local Search

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:58:37 +0000

[...] the TOS and the Guardian and BBC jumped into the fray on each side of the fray. Some API developers suggested the need to pull down their [...]

By: Thomas Wood

Thomas Wood — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:09:31 +0000

OpenLayers ‘bootstraps’ the GMaps API. It doesn’t scrape the tiles (although I’m sure they’d like to), but encapsulates the core functionality and wraps it in its own map pane.

Any data you then display can be overlaid on the GMaps API, but you won’t be directly using your data with their API, only OpenLayers.

I’m not sure whether their TOS covers that, it’d get very fuzzy.

Anyway, we all know that google index kml/georss at least, it doesn’t differ much, does it?

By: Yep Sport » Blog Archive » iFreeThePostcode

Yep Sport » Blog Archive » iFreeThePostcode — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:03:54 +0000

[...] physically obvious on the ground – is a Good Thing, as the current row between Google and the OS (more, more) about derived data [...]

By: Ordnance Survey stifles development « Secret Scotland

Ordnance Survey stifles development « Secret Scotland — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:10:25 +0000

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By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:04:28 +0000

Just to clarify**, the issue with Google Maps API on Geograph is NOT been put upon us by the OS.

I personally don’t feel the current Google Maps API terms are compatible with the project – specifically that photos are Creative Commons licensed, and the terms demand a license to that data that Geograoh is UNABLE to provide, as it itself does not get ANY rights from the photographer apart from the Creatice Commons license.

The OS has already disclaimed interest in grid references stored with images – even when that is derivived from OS maps.

** (as its been pointed out to me that OS sponsor Geograph could leads to certain things been inferred – we are entirely independent, only receiving financial backing)

By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Will Mashups be threatened by Google’s Map API TOS? | Developing Knowledge about Local Search

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:29:58 +0000

[...] have been calls for the management of OS to resign and calls to consider stop using Google’s API by mappers. All in all, its quite a [...]

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:49:52 +0000

These terms just keep getting better and better…

http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/msg/0b0eba19e3db55c3

Every darn mashup I’ve ever made – and a probably a good deal of other peoples (maybe 99.99998%) – don’t comply with the Terms of Service. Yippee!