I was wondering if it is allowed to download and use (i.e. I mean processing not just displaying) Microsoft Aerial imagery in research papers? Is there any reference clearly mentioning the use of these data for research purposes?
I believe this would fall under the print rights: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/product/print-rights
Generally, using screenshots in research papers of an application with Bing Maps is not usually an issue. Just be sure the copyright information is clearly displayed.
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I want to know if there is any way to get a city/suburb/postal code's outer boundary coordinates, so as to be able to draw a polygon on the map.
I have read through the google maps API documentation (Places, Maps, and Routes) and I can't find anywhere where they provide this information.
Native in google maps if you search for a city google maps will draw a polygon around the city edges. Drawing the polygon is not the issue I just want to know how to get the polygon points for any given location.
I have searched and all the available answers are either very old or provided only a community maintained polygon database, that is not guaranteed to have your location mapped.
So my question is, do google maps APIs expose some function to get these coordinates, or is there some reputable well maintained service where this information can be obtained from?
I am using it in a flutter applicant making use of google_maps_flutter.
These are some of the resources and other links I found but seem dated.
Resource 1
Resource 2
Googles Docs
Please please help.
I'm not sure that the Google Maps API offers this functionality, but I trust that you've dug through enough of their documentation to find that they don't.
I suggest looking at Nominatim, which queries data from OSM (OpenStreetMap). They're free to use and community-driven - which can be both awesome and scary (eg. you can't assume "permanent ID"s for the things you query)
Relevant Links:
https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/search.html
Otherwise, you could also try looking for other tools that allow you to download datasets of boundary coordinates (eg: GADM) but you'd have to find one that has the level of granularity you need and read up on their usage policies (most disallow use for commercial purposes).
Unfortunately the world of GIS and digital cartography is one that can get pretty complicated and that I'm no expert in, but I hope this helps somewhat.
Listing other resources I've found that are rather outdated, but could still be helpful:
Google Maps how to Show city or an Area outline
Add "Search Area" outline onto google maps result
I am working on commercial product, where I have to use map tiles in the offline.
I have downloaded tiles from OSM
https://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png.
Can we use these tiles for commercial product by downloading the tiles and placing in my server(I might have to edit the tile images in terms of colors).
Update
In the same way Can we download the tiles from the domain ?
https://openstreetmap.in/#5/22.150/79.081
If this is also same policy why private key/token is is mentioned here?
https://github.com/osm-in/openstreetmap.in#using-this-map
Yes, but...
Using OSM tiles for commercial purposes is allowed as already mentioned in Gilles-Antoine Nys's answer as long as you add proper attribution. See the Licence and Legal FAQ as well as the OSM tile usage policy for details.
However you are not allowed to bulk download OSM tiles! OSM tile servers have limited resources and this will result in getting banned. If you need lots of tiles then either render your own tiles or get into contact with a third-party tile provider.
OSM maps are distributed under License : Open Data Commons Open Database License.
You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long
as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors. If you alter or
build upon our data, you may distribute the result only under the same
licence. The full legal code explains your rights and
responsibilities.
The cartography in our map tiles, and our documentation, are licensed
under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license (CC
BY-SA).
So the answer is Yes, but with restrictions.
Accordingly to Copyright and License - OSM Webpage
I want to create a web interface where I can adjust my own "street" data to match aerial images of streets so that it is more accurate. I will have someone who is on the street, will see that it is inaccurately represented on my map and then they will go to the web interface to update it.
I understand that Waze used Bing aerial tiles to do this in their map editor (https://www.waze.com/editor/) before they were acquired by Google. Is this sort of function still available from Bing?
My worry is that maps like Google or OpenStreetMaps do not allow for you to "trace" their aerial tiles. Although this is a question of legality in the case of Bing, I am more interested in suggestions for mapping services that would allow me to integrate this functionality into my web interface.
Note: I am not taking answers here as legal advice. I understand that I am legally liable for whatever I chose to do, I am just looking for suggestions on an aerial map I could use for my project.
Thanks :)
It depends on what the base map data is. Bing Maps already provides OpenStreetMaps with aerial imagery which can be used to trace roads in their editor tool. I can't see OpenStreetMaps disabling this any time soon as long as Bing continues to provide them with access to the aerial imagery.
Send me an email at richbrun at microsoft.com and we can discuss in more detail.
I am in a plan to use cartoDB or MapBox for one of my data visualization application. I would like to know whether is there any features restricted between shared codes and the own hosted solution? Is the shared codes missing any fancy stuffs?Is there any hidden things in their API's? What benefits one gets for the paid solution? Thanks in advance.
Those two companies have websites where they've posted detailed pricing plans and their benefits:
https://www.mapbox.com/pricing/
https://cartodb.com/pricing/
I am trying to help witth rescue operations in Nepal.
I have setup a Google Form here and that information gets stored on a Google Sheet.
Now, I want to provide a map (OSM) that would autopopulate using data in the Google Sheet (there is a column with GPS coordinates.
Is this currently do-able? It would be ideal if I could provide an endpoint where various OSM maps could get the Google Sheet information from.
Thanks in advance.
You can use Leaflet or OpenLayers to place markers and popups on top of OSM maps. uMap might also be worth looking at.
Additionally there is also the Humanitarian OSM Team (HOT) doing various tasks for helping the Nepal rescue teams. The 2015 Nepal earthquake wiki contains an overview, guidelines and specific tasks. It might be useful to discuss your ideas with HOT.
In short, no. I've been in communication with Google about this. It's currently not a feature, and they have no plans to add this feature in the future.
And I, for one, desperately need such a feature! I'd imagine if thousands of us flooded Google with requests for this feature -- maybe they'd add it?