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Using GoogleMap in crag topos

Tommo

27/07/2010
6:55:06 AM

Does anyone have any knowledge of the copyright legalities of using screen-shots of GoogleMap images in access topos for climbing crags - obviously not for profit, but distributed in the public domain (Aust. Route Reg., email, etc.) ?

I browsed the Terms of Use page but it was a bit too legal for me to be clear on anything.

Nmonteith

27/07/2010
8:53:31 AM

Just do it.

Tommo

27/07/2010
9:39:52 AM

Did you get approval from Nike to use that statement in a public forum?

Geez Neil, now Google AND Nike will be after us.

PS. Despite rain, the new routes were RAD!!!!!! (I will not hold back on stars).

OK, back to topo making.

pmonks

27/07/2010
11:41:02 AM

If the info is online, why not just embed Google Maps directly (see this example)? That's what Google themselves recommend, so it's unlikely they'd have any issues with that usage. Plus you benefit without lifting a finger every time they enhance the service.

Tommo

27/07/2010
12:20:25 PM

Not a bad idea, but I've gone for the old-fashioned way with a pen and light table. It certainly came out a bit more personalised.

nmonteith

27/07/2010
1:13:51 PM

There is a section on the ACA where you can enter Google Map co-ords. Not for each climb, but for each area.

Philtown

27/07/2010
2:49:06 PM

TLDR: Yeah just do it.

We came across this at my work* with using their maps in the bells & whistles version that google earth is based on - GIS. Google buy the imagery from multiple 3rd parties. They then don't care where you use it as long as you're not profiting and you credit them, hence the copyright watermark they include in google earth. If you're using it for a commercial purpose they generally don't mind as long as you credit them, but there is a lot of ambiguity in their T&C which many people are rightly wary of. So compnies will often buy the imagery from the original owners themselves.

Anyway, better to embed an image so it gets updated when they update their imagery - roughly every year or so.

Also their stuff can be out of date in less populated areas. Check out http://www.nearmap.com/welcome.aspx for comparisons of recent mapping. It's a good tool for verifying currency.

Cheers, Phil

*pen-pushing chockies-spamming shiny arsed hair-junk smearing wage slave suit monkey.

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