Hi Neil, the data providers usually don't let you redistribute the data to other users, but they let you render a map and distribute the images. For example the google base map was produced from hundreds of vector layers, each with thousands and millions of points of vector data. But the end user only gets the single rendered image and cannot reconstruct the original data sets. The rendering is done on a server and the end user cannot access the raw data.
KML, GPoint, GPolyline, GPolygon are vector data formats which are rendered on a browser. The raw vector data is streamed to the browser and the shapes are rendered by SVG or VML. If someone wanted to save the original data they could figure out a way of doing it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
