[udig-devel] Integrate Google maps with Udig

[Jody Garnett]

Rober Castro wrote:
> Hello 
>
> I'm working with Udig and now I have a problem, I would like to integrate
> Google maps with Udig, using them like a background layer for my own maps.
I am afraid the license restrictions on google maps prevent this (they 
*really* want you to use javascript so they can track
your users). What I recommend in stead is the *tile* plugin that I have 
in my community space; it makes use of
Nasa World wind servers - it is about the best we can do.

If you look around the web you will see a long history of excited people 
reverse engineering the google map tile requests; and then being asked 
to stop.

Yahoo has a much nicer setup; they are willing to sell you a yahooid 
that you can use from a normal program to interact with their mapping / 
search / etc... programs. You need to talk to them when you go live (or 
ask your end users to supply a yahoo id). I have considered this as a 
replacement for our search view, and making use of their geolocator api.

Another case of the data being more expensive than the programming
Jody
PS. It is possible (and fun) to make google tile request, but have a 
look at the alternatives listed above.