[Xastir-dev] Expedia-maps?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Andreas Bier wrote:
>
> > I'm currently working to include expedia-maps into xastir because the tigermaps
> > and the other one which are perfect for the US and Canada doesn't availible for
> > old Europa and especially Germany ;-(
> > It was really easy to change the map_tiger.c for accessing the expedia-maps,
>
> What are the terms of the licensing for Expedia-maps?  Is it allowed
> for a software application to use their maps in this way?  Any
> special restrictions?

If I have the correct website, my take on it is that we cannot use
their maps in Xastir or any other APRS program:

    <http://www.expedia.com/daily/service/legal.asp>

Concur?

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