[josm-dev] Any objections to a Google Maps tile source class in JMapViewer?

[Matt Hoover]

Understood.  Thanks for the quick response.

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Dirk Stöcker <openstreetmap at dstoecker.de>wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Feb 2013, Matt Hoover wrote:
>
>  I'm relatively new here, so perhaps I've missed discussion on this in the
>> past, but is there any reason not to include a Google Maps tile source
>> class option in JMapViewer?  I'm developing a separate app using
>> JMapViewer
>> and would like to have a Google Maps layer option.  I can put it straight
>> in my app if I need to, but it would seem smarter to put it in JMV so
>> others can benefit, plus it is a more logical place for it.
>>
>> I am not great at reading legalese, but the Google terms seem to permit
>> this as long as my attribution link goes to the actual location currently
>> in the map panel, using the system's browser and Google maps website:
>>
>> https://developers.google.com/**maps/terms<https://developers.google.com/maps/terms>- see 10.1.1 (h) (ii)
>>
>> Of course if I create this class in JMapViewer it will not immediately
>> affect JOSM or any other using app in any way, unless those apps actually
>> choose to instantiate the class.  But I still don't want to do this
>> without
>> knowing it is cool with the community.
>>
>
> Two reasons not to do so:
>
> a) The TemplatedTMSTileSource can create a GoogleMap page without any
> trouble. There is no need for a special source class to support it.
>
> b) We don't encourage usage of tile sources not usable within the OSM data
> creation process. Users tend to ignore rules if it is to easy to break them.
>
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