[Users] Printing GYM base layers

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:05:58PM -0400, Yves Moisan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Searching around for the status of printing commercial base layers in 
> the ux print widget,  I came across this, which is the last I heard 
> about the issue : "printing proprietary base layers like Google or Bing 
> is going to be a pain"[1].  Is that still the case ?
> 
> If a user pays Google or Yahoo or MS the amount of money they want to 
> use their data on their intranet, can their base layers be used in one 
> of the GeoExt printing modules e.g. for customer reports ?  Is it any 
> different for an OpenStreetMap base layer ?

Google does not offer any ability to print maps (or re-use tiles),
even if you pay them.

Microsoft has in the past been more open to non-commercial re-use of their
tiles, and may provide some access for things like printing without violating
the Terms of Service.

OpenStreetMap data is creative commons licensed, and there is no license-based
reason why you can not print using OSM data so long as you are following
that license. (This means that the end result -- the printout -- has to be
treated as creative-commons licensed as well.) 

Best Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer