Several people have contacted me recently because network managers are refusing to install Google Earth on the grounds that the license doesn’t specifically mention education and school use.
To clarify the situation; the official Google Earth help centre states that: “The use of Google Earth for educational purposes in primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions is OK.” link to item
Google Earth Plus is definitely for personal use, though schools can request a copy of the Pro version by contacting Google directly.
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To be fair the license situation with google was very unclear for long time…
Before that page appered you could email google and same person could give two different people two different answers…
so advice was unless you have an email from google syaing you can then dont install it.
But good to see that google have done right thing and made it public..
Russell
How about publishing Google Earth maps in outdoor trailguides? I would like to use Google Earth Pro images as base maps for the trail maps in my guidebook. I add layers with Adobe Illustrator to complete the map for the trailguide.
Does anyone know if it’s possible to publish a book like this without getting in trouble with Google?
Thanks.
Same question as above, with regards to using G.E. screenshots in a trail-guide book. I have looked and looked, many times - but cannot see any flat-out answer to this simple question…
Andrew D.
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