<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Springfield Harrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stellargps@gmail.com" target="_blank">stellargps@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">        I
certainly don't comprehend the licensing issues but don't know why it
should be overly difficult, especially in an emergency situation.  I
would understand if someone was trying to make a dollar off Google
Earth.  Or cause a liability for them somehow.<br><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><br>
        However,
what are the copyright issues of creating a database of points in QGIS
over a Bing, MapQuest or Google maps layer?  I suppose they are all
licensed differently perhaps.  More lawyers getting richer!<br></font><br></div></blockquote><div>These two FAQs might help:<br><br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#2a._Can_I_trace_data_from_Google_Maps.2FNokia_Maps.2F....3F">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ#2a._Can_I_trace_data_from_Google_Maps.2FNokia_Maps.2F....3F</a> <br><br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_don.27t_you_just_use_Google_Maps.2Fwhoever_for_your_data.3F">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_don.27t_you_just_use_Google_Maps.2Fwhoever_for_your_data.3F</a><br></div></div></div></div>