I'd like to add Google Terrain and Google Earth support to osmdroid ( http://code.google.com/p/osmdroid/) in order to use these maps in Open GPS Tracker (http://code.google.com/p/open-gpstracker/) in offline mode.
To do so, I need to implement a client responsable to download tiles from Gogole Terrain and Google Earth tile servers. The Terms are explicit saying that I should not access the data servers directly, and all the access should be done using Google APIs. I think the only legal way to do it is using an algorithm to translate tile coordinates to latitude/longitude coordinates and use the Static Maps API. []'s On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Andrew Leach <[email protected]>wrote: > On Feb 9, 3:04 pm, Leandro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The question is: Is there a way to access tiles using Static Maps API? > > No. But Static Maps are images (like tiles) so I suppose it would be > possible to retrieve images which appear to be tiles. > > Do review the Terms again. Static Maps are also explicitly mentioned. > It is highly unlikely that you can circumvent the restriction on > direct access and still meet all the requirements for the use of > Static Maps. Static Maps are also subject to a rate restriction which > may make your proposed use impractical. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" 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. > > -- []'s Leandro -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
