Comments on: 1 down, how many to go? http://blog.webmapper.com.au/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/ Not another GIS blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: What_nick http://blog.webmapper.com.au/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 What_nick Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:18:57 +0000 http://chris.narx.net/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/#comment-1883 http://whatnick.blogspot.com/2006/07/proxy-tilers-and-linking-policy.html http://whatnick.blogspot.com/2006/07/proxy-tilers-and-linking-policy.html

]]> By: What_nick http://blog.webmapper.com.au/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 What_nick Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:14:22 +0000 http://chris.narx.net/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/#comment-1882 Google Maps data is viewable in Worldwind. Google actually threatened to sue NASA about this. You can read some commentry about this on my blog. http://whatnick.blogspot.com/2006/07/proxy-tilers-and-linking-policy.html There are also several Google maps proxying applications floating around, but I believe the Google Earth cache is encrypted and not easily crackable just as ssl is not easily crackable. If you are up to risking google lawyer ire and want a google maps proxying script drop someone in the know a line. Google Maps data is viewable in Worldwind. Google actually threatened to sue NASA about this.
You can read some commentry about this on my blog.
http://whatnick.blogspot.com/2006/07/proxy-tilers-and-linking-policy.html
There are also several Google maps proxying applications floating around, but I believe the Google Earth cache is encrypted and not easily crackable just as ssl is not easily crackable.
If you are up to risking google lawyer ire and want a google maps proxying script drop someone in the know a line.

]]> By: Chris Tweedie http://blog.webmapper.com.au/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1856 Chris Tweedie Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:06:44 +0000 http://chris.narx.net/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/#comment-1856 Coudlnt have put it better myself Petz :) Angus, thanks for that info. Sounds like you guys came up against a similar problem with the providers? Coudlnt have put it better myself Petz :)
Angus, thanks for that info. Sounds like you guys came up against a similar problem with the providers?

]]> By: Petz http://blog.webmapper.com.au/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 Petz Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:44:27 +0000 http://chris.narx.net/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/#comment-1846 Well, look at what happened to Manifold when they included in their GIS an option to include Google imagery. Because they didnt stick to the license agreement, in fact completely circumventing it by accessing the raw image files delivered by Google to the client, they got a nice slap on their wrists from Google's lawyers. Now, we can debate forever the good and evil of licensing terms and free geospatial data, but no one can kid themselves to think that all this data is truly "free"! and anyone using the data in any other way than Google wants you too will find themselves in a world of legal uncertainty and potential repercussions. Well, look at what happened to Manifold when they included in their GIS an option to include Google imagery. Because they didnt stick to the license agreement, in fact completely circumventing it by accessing the raw image files delivered by Google to the client, they got a nice slap on their wrists from Google’s lawyers.

Now, we can debate forever the good and evil of licensing terms and free geospatial data, but no one can kid themselves to think that all this data is truly “free”! and anyone using the data in any other way than Google wants you too will find themselves in a world of legal uncertainty and potential repercussions.

]]> By: Angus Scown http://blog.webmapper.com.au/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Angus Scown Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:11:47 +0000 http://chris.narx.net/2006/10/04/1-down-how-many-to-go/#comment-1821 The recent use of address data in Australia by Google is an interesting case study to watch. If you look at a company like Navteq they allow their data only to be licensed to Google (Europe) for the map site but not the API. Google has a different arrangement with Navteq's competitor Teleatlas for the API data provision. In Australia I don't think the licensor understood what an open API was. The recent use of address data in Australia by Google is an interesting case study to watch. If you look at a company like Navteq they allow their data only to be licensed to Google (Europe) for the map site but not the API. Google has a different arrangement with Navteq’s competitor Teleatlas for the API data provision. In Australia I don’t think the licensor understood what an open API was.

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