On Dec 23, 1:55 pm, Kesuke <[email protected]> wrote: > In principle, yes. In practise it will prove more complicated. As I > mentioned before - imagegrabwindow(), which would require PHP 5, and > would only work on windows could theoretically be used, though I > havent attempted it with google maps myself and am not aware of anyone > having tried. Seehttp://php.net/manual/en/function.imagegrabwindow.php > for more information. HOWEVER - I'd rate your chances of google giving > you written permission as extremely slim, and you'd probably need > multiple permissions not just from google but also the data providers > who actually "own" the content like TeleAtlas etc. Even then, > imagegrabwindow() is one of the most awkward pieces of code to use in > a consistent,reliable and useful way and requires a fairly advanced > understanding of code to implement. Depending on your knowledge of the > code I would rate your chances of getting it working as even slimmer > than getting permission. > > My advice is to save time and not investigate the image/PDF concept > any further. If you want to make something that is easily printable > then simply design a page that is constrained into a size that would > print neatly onto paper, this is what most exisiting websites do in > these situations.
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately we do not use PHP on our server, and since our web product has 100s of thousands of lines of code that has been in production more than 10 years, it would not be a viable option to re-engineer to get rid of images in PDFs. I really don't see why Google would not grant us permission to use Static Maps in the way I described, since we would be paying their license fee (their sales rep seems pretty eager to get us on board, I might add), and our use of their would not in any way be contrary to Google's or any of their providers' intended use. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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?hl=en.
