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Using Google Earth?

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Are you allowed to use Google Earth for ground polys with Freeware projects or not?

I'm not sure of the license details... I hold a professional license for the software.

Thanks,

Martin
 
Hi,

I am not a lawyer, but as far as I understand the license you are not allowed to do so. It states that you can use the images on your personal website, as long as you keep the Google logo and license text on the image. But I don't think using it for a scenery fits in that category (as you want to get rid of the logo probably).

This topic has been discussed a lot before, but the answer seems to be no. Unless a lawyer turns up here and can explain us all the details :).
 
Ok thanks.

Yes I can't imagine turning to final and passing over a 300ft high "google" logo painted onto the ground ;)

Although I wouldn't put advertising on approach past the ad industry before long :rolleyes: Like the Burma Shave adverts on freeways in the States back in the day.

Martin
 
Definitively no.

Google is not the owner of these images. It only has licensed them to use them, but you may not use them for any other purpose than viewing yourself.
If you want to use them for photo scenery, contact the owners of the images that you find below, like GEOCONTENT in Germany. It may well be that for small freeware projects they just say OK, go ahead and add a proper reference.

Burkhard
 
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