Richie,
One of the quiet tragedies of the Google Earth/Maps mania is that once
public data is handed over to the Googleplex it becomes slightly less
public. You are only allowed to access mapping data served by Google via
Google-approved mechanisms, such as the Maps API or directly via Earth.
Another public geodata issue, I suppose. If enough folks who wanted to
"give their data to google" instead gave it to a 3rd party who processed
it into standardized tiles, then people could still get direct access to
the public data, and Google/Microsoft could easily integrate it as well.
Paul
Richie Pierce wrote:
Like many of you we have space limitations when it comes to our raster
files. We just received notice however that Google will be integrating
our new Statewide ortho flight into their Google Maps/Earth service.
This is exciting for me because it will allow me to get access to our
statewide imagery without needing the space on my own server. I was
wondering if it was possible to use Google Maps imagery as a layer in my
map file. I am using Mapserver and OpenLayers on some of my sites which
will work wonderfully. But I also have other sites that I’m using a
custom Mapserver interface, and I’d like add the new orthos.
--
Paul Ramsey
Refractions Research
http://www.refractions.net
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Phone: 250-383-3022
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