All, I don't know whether is violates any rules or not, but it can consume the Google data just like Open Layers can, because it uses the OpenLayers display engine.
Yes, it's a client, that's why the Server (re-processing) clause in the Google restrictions don't (directly?) apply. Even if OpenLayers wasn't being used as the display engine, GeoMoose could still consume Google maps, but it would be an add-on of some sort. OpenLayers was used to provide this add-on functionality. bobb >>> Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:47:06AM -0500, Bob Basques wrote: > All, > > The newest version of GeoMoose is built on top of OpenLayers, so if the > OpenLayer LIB is able to directly access, then GeoMoose can too. I'm not up > on the OpenLayers particulars, but as I understand things, the OpenLayers > read options were a big reason for incorporating OpenLayers into GeoMoose. > > Looks like some GeoMoose Demos need to be put together . . . . I guess I don't understand something... I thought GeoMoose was a web-based client. Most web-based clients should be able to consume Google Maps (as I said); But non-web based clients (generally) can't. (There are exceptions to this, even without violating the ToS, but they're the exception, rather than the rule.) Is GeoMoose a contradiction to that? Or is it instead just another web client that can consume Google Maps without violating the ToS? Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta
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