On Sep 26, 4:37 pm, Garthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That would be a definite no.. its not imported in to OpenStreet map
> the open street map data is vector format (how would they have
> accessed the vectors from google?)

The issue isn't that it's directly imported from Google Maps: as you
say, that's impossible.

The issue is that he's created a WMS (which breaks Google's TOSs)
which facilitates tracing, and copying street names, directly into
OpenStreetMap. His download page shows exactly that.

> these look like an old fashioned
> copyright infringing snag of the tiles from google and resending
> in a WMS.

Exactly.

Richard

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