[Users] Printing google maps using geoext and geoserver

[Andreas Hocevar]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:52 PM,  <bashton at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Do those terms of use apply even if you have a google maps premier api
> license?

I was told that even premier customers are not allowed to access the
tiles directly.

>  Within this mapfish documentation
> (http://mapfish.org/doc/print/configuration.html)
>
> It reads as if you can print google map tiles however you need to provide a
> key and a client id.  However with the google maps api v3 you are no longer
> supplied with a key just a client id so I'm not sure if the mapfish
> configuration still applies to v3 of the api or if at all.

So maybe the GMaps v2 API grants tile access to premier customers, but
I'd recommend checking with a GMaps sales representative to make sure.

Andreas.

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> "Andreas Hocevar" <ahocevar at opengeo.org>
>
> To:
> <bashton at ozemail.com.au>
> Cc:
> <users at geoext.org>
> Sent:
> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:23 +0100
> Subject:
> Re: [Users] Printing google maps using geoext and geoserver
>
>
> Hi,
>
> the GMaps API Terms of Use don't allow you to print. If you only want
> to print the map background, click on the Google logo in your map to
> view the same extent in Google Maps, where you can print it.
>
> Andreas.
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:28 AM, <bashton at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having some difficulty printing the google maps layer using the geoext
>> and geoserver stack.
>>
>> I'm using the google maps api v3 and have a premier account however when I
>> try to print I get a blank page.
>>
>> I have configured my yaml file as per the following link.
>>
>> http://mapfish.org/doc/print/configuration.html
>>
>> In other words I have added map.google.com as a host however with google
>> maps api v3 I don't think there are no longer any keys so I wasn't exactly
>> sure how to configure the keys section.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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> Andreas Hocevar
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