Re: 1 - OK Re: 3 - If you really don't want to take my word for it, then here's the relevant bits from the Google Maps TOS:
>>> 10.1.1 General Restrictions. (g) No Use of Content without a Google Map. You must not use or display the Content without a corresponding Google map, unless you are explicitly permitted to do so in the Maps APIs Documentation, or through written permission from Google. In any event, you must not use or display the Content on or in conjunction with a non-Google map. For example, you must not use geocodes obtained through the Service in conjunction with a non-Google map. As another example, you must not display Street View imagery alongside a non-Google map, but you may display Street View imagery without a corresponding Google map because the Maps APIs Documentation explicitly permits you to do so. 10.1.3 Restrictions against Data Export or Copying. (a) No Unauthorized Copying, Modification, Creation of Derivative Works, or Display of the Content. You must not copy, translate, modify, or create a derivative work (including creating or contributing to a database) of, or publicly display any Content or any part thereof except as explicitly permitted under these Terms. For example, the following are prohibited: (i) creating server-side modification of map tiles; (ii) stitching multiple static map images together to display a map that is larger than permitted in the Maps APIs Documentation; (iii) creating mailing lists or telemarketing lists based on the Content; or (iv) exporting, writing, or saving the Content to a third party's location-based platform or service. <<< What you would like to do (plot the current view of the map with a google map background) violates the above parts of the TOS. We would have to fetch the applicable Google Map tiles outside of the OpenLayers viewport (violates 10.1.1 (g)), stitch them together and composite them with the current map view image for the final printout (violates 10.1.3 (a)). Others may interpret these clauses differently, but I'm not going to challenge my interpretation of the TOS. Even if we use OpenStreetMap where we can do whatever we want with the tiles, the actual process of plotting the current map view with the OSM backdrop is still complex, as we have to figure out problems such as tile stitching and image composition with the main MapGuide Map Definition image. Commercial layers serve as a contextual backdrop for your MapGuide Map Definition. The Map Definition is the focal point of your application and all Fusion widgets/functionality that interact with your map, not the commercial layers lying underneath it. So while yes, it would be really nice if we could also have the commercial layer included with the plot of the current map view (even if the only layer we could legally do all this is OpenStreetMap), it's too much effort for very little gain. Re: 5 - OK Re: 8 - Ok, so are we talking specifically about the Redline/Measure widget when shown within a popup window? And when you close the window, the "prompt" message doesn't go away? If that's the case, then yes this is a defect, as the widget should deactivate (dismissing the message) if its popup window is closed. - Jackie -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/MG-2-4-final-MG-2-5-Beta-1-problems-errors-ect-tp5036500p5037275.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
