Hi Mark, using the google APIs thorugh their libraries or thorugh OL doesn't change your licence position. AFAIK you can use their services with no charge unitl you don't strictly make money by means their APIs. Instead you're allowed to provide a commercial service with no fess if you can document that your incomings are not directly connected with the APIs use (eg consulting, advertizing, etc.). Anyway be careful that the Google EULA forbids wrapping their services under different names. OL publish google tiles directly, i.e. it doesn't proxy or wraps the Google services. Here are some Google official notes [1] [2].
giovanni PS: If you need support on OL or webgis client dev in general, me and my company can give it ;) [1] http://code.google.com/intl/it-IT/apis/maps/terms.html [2] http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/04/updates-to-google-maps-apigoogle-earth.html -- Giovanni Allegri email: giovanni.alle...@gmail.com skype: giovanni_allegri Linkedin: http://it.linkedin.com/in/giovanniallegri Cell: (+39) 347-7067379 Viale Catani n. 4, 59100 Prato (PO) P.IVA 02152740979 Italy http://gis3w.it http://blog.spaziogis.it 2011/6/28 quade <m...@websolving.co.uk> > Hi all > > I'm trying to develop a vehicle tracking system > I'd planned to use the google maps api > > However, someone mentioned they want lots of money per year to use it, and > suggested openlayers instead > > I'm really confused about the whole thing > Can i use openlayers (or anything else) and use the title maps from google > maps and still get around the licence issue? > > I'm a .net developer, but have no experience in maps so have a steep > learning curve > > I would really appreciate some guidance on my options > Thanks all > Mark > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Advice-alternative-to-google-maps-v3-Javascript-API-tp6524139p6524139.html > Sent from the OSGeo Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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