On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Arnie Shore <shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > A semi-minor point, re " ... Google prohibits offline caching of their data. > ... ": Not axactly. The major TOU restriction is that their images may be > used *only* with their API.
Possibly. I haven't studied their terms in detail because I haven't run into a situation where I would violate them. But, yes, one should do their own due diligence on what is allowed and what is not. Anyway, the original thread is on how to make maps and data available without Internet access. I hope the OP now has enough information to know this is possible and relatively not-that-difficult. > > OpenLayers accommodates that restriction by wrapping OL around that API > code. > > AS > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss