<div dir="ltr">I looked at google earth as well and it doesn't quite do what I'm looking for either. And yeah, that price tag make sit a non-option. As for the ogmaps stuff, i agree the it might violate the TOC, but only for the map images. I remember reading another mailing list where a google employee implied that the main obstacle to enabling offline google maps via google gears was licesing of the map images. Since I'm providing my own images it shouldn't be too much of a problem. But, in any case, I'm just speculating and it probably isn't worth the risk. Plus, I don't feel like maintaining this sort of thing (which appears to brake nearly everytime google updates its API).<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>a.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Michael Pelz Sherman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mpelzsherman@yahoo.com">mpelzsherman@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Hi Axel.</div><div><br></div><div>The "right" way to do this is to use a local Google Earth Enterprise server (<a href="http://earth.google.com/enterprise/earth_enterprise.html" target="_blank">http://earth.google.com/enterprise/earth_enterprise.html</a>).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Unfortunately this software costs around $100K, and still does not provide support for many of the Google Maps API features (such as geocoding).</div><div><br></div><div>I would not mess with that "ogmaps" stuff - it's almost certainly a violation of Google's TOC.</div>
<div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>- Michael</div></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
----- Original Message ----<br>From: Axel von Bertoldi <<a href="mailto:bertoldia@gmail.com" target="_blank">bertoldia@gmail.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:mapstraction@lists.mapstraction.com" target="_blank">mapstraction@lists.mapstraction.com</a><br>
Sent: Monday, July
28, 2008 12:11:55 PM<br>Subject: [Mapstraction] Map functionality while offline<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<br><br>I currently have a small mapping application using the <a href="http://maps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Maps</a> API which I'm planning to migrate to mapstraction. This application will mainly operate "online", but will occasionally run in a private network not connected to the web. Obviously this will break everything.<br>
<br>So, I'm wondering if there is a way to run a mapping application while not connected to the web. I will be providing my own map tiles, so access to the map data is not the issue. Rather, the issue is retaining the map functionality which (I believe) means still having access to all the JavaScript mapstraction calls for the service one is using (<a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google</a> in my case). I'd probably also need access to markers.<br>
<br>Does anyone have ideas or hints about how
to implement this or if it's even possible? I've stumbled upon <a rel="nofollow" href="http://code.google.com/p/ogmaps/" target="_blank">this</a> which, while it neither works not lets one use the API, does hint at how it could be done. I'm pretty new a JavaScript and online maps, and while I'm not afraid
to get my hands dirty, I'd like to know if this is a dead end before I spend too much time on it.<br><br>Any info would be appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br>axel.<br></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>
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