Right. That's what I'm hoping. It will take Google some time to respond to my question but I hope they say the same thing.
I understand that Google doesn't want someone to take their map data (along with 3rd party data) and create some killer atlas and sell millions of copies of that atlas and strip out all copy right information. That's a worse case for them. On Apr 16, 9:18 am, Mladen Adamovic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cbmeeks, > > I'm not a lawyer, neither know TOS well, but if maps have to be available > for free, I think it should be OK to sell a service which formats to PDF > free available content (export to PDF feature). You can even generalize a > service, generic service which takes bunch of web pages and prints them into > single PDF. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:36 PM, cbmeeks <[email protected]> wrote: > > To clarify, everything is free with the exception of one item. Taking > > all of the user generated data (which includes a few maps), assembling > > them in one format and exporting to PDF. > > > If the user were so inclined, they could take their data (or someone > > else's) print to PDF and assemble them by hand. All totally free. > > > Think of it like Wikipedia. If I want, I could go to the page on > > "Commodore 64". I then could send that web page to my PDF writer. I > > then could go to the page on "Commodore 128" and do the same thing. > > There. I just created a "Commodore Computer Information Manual". All > > free. > > > OR, if I don't have the time and don't mind spending $4, I could pay > > someone else to do the exact same thing and then send me that PDF. > > > > This is the first you have mentioned of a 'free service' > > > Well, I sorta said it here: > > "Sorry, I didn't clarify this point. The map would be free to the > > user > > and public. The payment is taking all of these free items (more than > > just maps), assembling them to a PDF and providing it to them" > > > > But (in my view) that is not 'their' map, it is 'your' map - you > > > constructed it. Can I see that for free? > > > Yes. > > > > > and export to PDF for free if I want. > > > > But you said you were going to charge?! > > > No, I said this: > > > "Sorry, I didn't clarify this point. The map would be free to the > > user > > and public. The payment is taking all of these free items (more than > > just maps), assembling them to a PDF and providing it to them. There > > is nothing stopping the user from taking the FREE content and > > assembling their own PDF. Saving the $1 or $4 or whatever. My hopes > > is that the user will realize that paying me <$5 for something that > > could take them 30 minutes to 2 hours would be worth it. " > > > > Export to PDF is not permitted, charging or not. > > > > Have you seen this thread - > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/browse_thread/thread/1... > > > I will check that out. I may skip the map creation in the PDF. > > > Thanks anyway. > > > -- > > 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]<google-maps-api%2Bunsubscribe@ > > googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. -- 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.
