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Google is an American multinational software company that provides services such as Google Maps and Google Street View.
Note that copying from Google Maps is not allowed due to legal restrictions. In some rare cases exceptions may apply (please consult with wider community before assuming that exception applies).
Google Maps terms of use
The Google Maps Terms of Use explicitly forbid using Google Maps content - both map data and Google Street View - for making any other content. It includes using them for OSM mapping.
- © No Creating Content From Google Maps Content. Customer will not create content based on Google Maps Content. For example, Customer will not: (i) trace or digitize roadways, building outlines, utility posts, or electrical lines from the Maps JavaScript API Satellite base map type; (ii) create 3D building models from 45° Imagery from Maps JavaScript API; (iii) build terrain models based on elevation values from the Elevation API; (iv) use latitude/longitude values from the Places API as an input for point-in-polygon analysis; (v) construct an index of tree locations within a city from Street View imagery; or (vi) convert text-based driving times into synthesized speech results.
Related pages
- Google Summer of Code - An initiative encouraging students to get involved in open source coding. OpenStreetMap has been a mentoring organization several years.
- Google Code-In - An initiative encouraging students to get involved in open source coding. OpenStreetMap may have taken part in 2011?
- Android - Google's smartphone platform. A list of android apps related to OpenStreetMap.
- Frequently Asked Question: Why don't you just use Google Maps/whoever for your data?
- Google Map Maker - An editable map system and community of people contributing in a model very similar to OpenStreetMap, but without the open data.
- Google Maps Example - How to use OpenStreetMap map tiles within Google Maps, embedding JavaScript.