http://gt*.google.com is the Google MapMaker tile server.

See: http://www.google.com/mapmaker

There doesn't seem to be any information about what MapMaker is actually 
for. There's lots of info on how to use it. It looks like Google might 
possibly have got hold of some maps which contain unreliable or 
incomplete content. MapMaker allows anyone to update the content. I 
guess that if Google every consider the updated content to be 
sufficiently complete and reliable they might release then to Google 
Maps.

The MapMaker Terms prohibit the use of the MapMaker imagery for other 
purposes. E.g. it would be a violation of the MapMaker Terms to create a 
Maps API custom GMapType or GTileLayerOverlay that had a .getTileUrl() 
that pointed to the MapMaker tiles.

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The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team


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