RE: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-09-22 Thread Jay Kapalczynski
To: Jay Kapalczynski Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:49:54PM -0500, Jay Kapalczynski wrote: I am trying to see if there is a way to consume the Aerial images from Google Maps inside a map server / open layers application

SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Niels-Peter Jensen
meddelelse- Fra: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschm...@metacarta.com] Sendt: 25. august 2009 17:14 Til: Niels-Peter Jensen Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Emne: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0200, Niels-Peter Jensen wrote: Hi

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Till Adams
if that could be accomplished with MapServer too. Niels-Peter -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschm...@metacarta.com] Sendt: 25. august 2009 17:14 Til: Niels-Peter Jensen Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Emne: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Rahkonen Jukka
: 'Christopher Schmidt' Kopio: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Aihe: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps Yes, it could be a violation of terms, but not if the copyright notice and links still is there - or am I wrong on that ? At least, thats this is what the Openlayers community

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
consuming Google Maps On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0200, Niels-Peter Jensen wrote: Hi mapserver users Does anybody know if there has been done work to let MapServer consume Google maps ? I know that this is possible in OpenLayers (an example: http://openlayers.org/dev/examples

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:30AM +0200, Till Adams wrote: Niels-Peter, I really do not see the need for this. All things, which are fun regarding Mapserver are not possible with GoogleMaps, e.g. reprojection or define your map layout in an easy way. Even if you would write some piece

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Till Adams
Chris, regarding the non-webbased clients you are right... On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:30AM +0200, Till Adams wrote: Niels-Peter, I really do not see the need for this. All things, which are fun regarding Mapserver are not possible with GoogleMaps, e.g. reprojection or define your

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Jacolin Yves
Hello, Le Wednesday 26 August 2009 16:17:54 Christopher Schmidt, vous avez écrit : On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:30AM +0200, Till Adams wrote: [..] Many clients *can't* do this, and it does cause a problem for those clients. For example, it's difficult for qgis to consume Google Maps tiles,

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Bob Basques
All, The newest version of GeoMoose is built on top of OpenLayers, so if the OpenLayer LIB is able to directly access, then GeoMoose can too. I'm not up on the OpenLayers particulars, but as I understand things, the OpenLayers read options were a big reason for incorporating OpenLayers into

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:47:06AM -0500, Bob Basques wrote: All, The newest version of GeoMoose is built on top of OpenLayers, so if the OpenLayer LIB is able to directly access, then GeoMoose can too. I'm not up on the OpenLayers particulars, but as I understand things, the OpenLayers

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Bob Basques
All, I don't know whether is violates any rules or not, but it can consume the Google data just like Open Layers can, because it uses the OpenLayers display engine. Yes, it's a client, that's why the Server (re-processing) clause in the Google restrictions don't (directly?) apply. Even if

Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 05:13:53PM +0200, Marco Foi (marco.foi) wrote: Some time ago a similar issue was raised among UDig users and the conclusion was that: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to consume Google Maps in Desktop clients. This isn't strictly true. Desktop clients which are capable of embedding

Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH
With the advent of the Bing WMS service, that will be the best solution, it appears (for now). Mike On 8/26/09 3:01 PM, Christopher Schmidt crschm...@metacarta.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 01:25:11PM -0400, Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH wrote: What about using the Google Maps static

Re: SV: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-26 Thread Edmar Moretti
I work in developing a software called i3geo based on Mapserver (http://www.softwarepublico.gov.br). In this software we have several interfaces: normal http://mapas.mma.gov.br/i3geo GoogleMaps http:/ / mapas.mma.gov.br/i3geo/ms_criamapa.php?interface=googlemaps.phtml GoogleEarth

[mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-25 Thread Niels-Peter Jensen
Hi mapserver users Does anybody know if there has been done work to let MapServer consume Google maps ? I know that this is possible in OpenLayers (an example: http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/google.html), but with MapServer I can only se it the other way around, MapeServer serving maps til a

Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver consuming Google Maps

2009-08-25 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 04:42:27PM +0200, Niels-Peter Jensen wrote: Hi mapserver users Does anybody know if there has been done work to let MapServer consume Google maps ? I know that this is possible in OpenLayers (an example: http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/google.html), but with