[Labs-l] Google Maps

[Luis Villa]

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Kolossos <tim.alder at s2002.tu-chemnitz.de>wrote:

> Some years ago I play with Google Maps API and Google Earth on toolserver.
> Nowadays everything should be possible to solve with opensource tools
> like OpenLayers, Leaflet, etc. . So we should avoid dependencies and
> privacy problems.
>
> If there are features necessary for a tool and not available in
> opensource tools we should discuses again.
>

Definitely! My answer was purely legal; it was fairly obvious to me that
from a policy/vision perspective that as much as possible we should be
working with a fellow project like OSM, so I didn't mention it.

Luis


> Greetings Tim
>
> Am 24.08.2013 18:36, schrieb Luis Villa:
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Silke Meyer <silke.meyer at wikimedia.de
> > <mailto:silke.meyer at wikimedia.de>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     During the workshop at Wikimania there was this question whether it
> >     is okay to use Google Maps in Tools on Tool Labs.
> >
> >
> > As Marc said, this would require complying with both our terms of use as
> > well as theirs; I don't think that is possible to analyze without
> > understanding how it would be used. So I don't think it's a great
> > candidate for a FAQ, at least not until we have more examples of
> > potential uses to look at.
> >
> > Luis
> >
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