Matt- I can't speak to the legality of the idea (you'll have to ask Pamela) but I'll touch on the tech side of things.
In a nut shell, most of the things you would want to do are not currently supported. The Flash API doesn't support StreetView. You can star the following enhancement request to let Google know you want it. http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=524 Additionally, the BitmapData doesn't work for printing. (As far as I know, haven't actually tried it). There is this feature request to support the printing of Maps via BitmapData.draw. http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=545 -Arothian On Apr 30, 11:01 am, Matt Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > I currently work for a charity and we've come up with an idea for an > application that allows users to 'draw' over pictures of their house > from Google Street View and then share this with their friends. I've > got a couple of questions regarding the legality and mechanics of such > an app: > > a) Would this be legal? The image we take would be akin to the image > you get from Google Maps' 'Print' function but maybe there's > restrictions in the defacement aspect! > > b) If it is legal, what would be the best technical approach? I want > to be able to take a JPG of the final article with the BitmapData > function so I don't think it could be a Flash overlay - there would > need to be some way of exporting the selected image into Flash itself > but I can't find anything in the API to support this and there doesn't > seem to be a way to run Street View from within my app. > > Thanks for your time. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
