On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 09:32:16AM +0000, Ed Parsons wrote: > As others have pointed out this is somewhat a grey area, however I > would state that as a general principal if you create a feature that > does not feature on the map view in maps or on one of the layers in > earth, so you are not copying an existing feature, then the new > feature is your creation, Google will not make claim over it's > ownership.
This seems to me like it would mean that one could trace out the road network in places where Google Maps does not have any data -- like, say, Antsirabe, Madagascar [1] -- into My Maps, and create a KML file you 'owned'. [2] Is that an accurate representation of what you're saying, or am I misunderstanding? It's possible that when you say "one of the layers in Google Earth", you mean "including the satellite layer" -- I can't tell from your comment. [1] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kruger+National+Park&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.368578,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=-19.872804,47.034692&spn=0.042216,0.077248&t=h&z=14 [2] http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114599966136836752057.00045b41ee9f6cb8a4f23&output=kml Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
