Hey Berry- I think that site looks fine; but look over the new Terms of Service once it's released (in a month or two from now?).
Re lightweight API-- we're working on it. Please give us credit for our modularization efforts in the meantime. - pamela On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:40 PM, bratliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 4, 8:17 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> It just uses the API for the initial image map generation. Once it's >> generated, you only need: static map, image map, 30 lines of >> javascript for showing canvas poly rollovers. The election news by >> state map does *not* load in the JS API. >> >> Note that I discussed static maps terms of use with my team yesterday, >> and I should make it clear that you shouldn't be re-creating the >> dynamic API using the static API. This is a fuzzy area, but it means >> you shouldn't be doing stuff like pre-fetching static maps, using >> static maps as tiles, etc. >> >> - pamela > > I am not trying to simulate the API - just clicks & rollovers with > pixel to Lat/Lon coordinate conversions. > > Is anything illegal in the following: > > www.polyarc.us/static > > Is it legal to place two static maps side by side with their logos > intact to produce one large static map ? > > Of course, with a legal / stripped / light weight subset of the API > with access to the tiles, the whole issue disappears. Some > interesting things could be done like an inspection tool, animation, > flight simulation, multiple synchronized maps. I believe the > development community is anxious to give credit to Google but feels > constrained by an all encompassing API. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
