Submission + - Google restricts MGMaps from using their map tiles (mgmaps.com)
vigmeister writes: "MGMaps is a precariously named (from a trademark perspective) software for handhelds which serves up maps from the internet and allowing you to convert your phone into a crude GPS navigation device without the need for buying maps. As the name suggests, the primary source of their maps was Google Maps until yesterday, when the Google Enforcement Team sent them this email . The software intends to continue providing the software without using Google Maps, but says support will continue for maps from Microsoft, Yahoo, Ask.com and OpenStreetMap.org.
Given that Google Maps Mobile itself is available as a download for cell phones, MGMaps is a competing product and it seems to be a fair request on Google's part even though one feels for MGMaps which came out with a (free) product first. However, this would suggest that Google is taking mobile map software seriously enough to send in the 'Google Enforcement Team'. While not really an evil move by them, it will inconvenience the large userbase that had grown to adopt the software and substitute their GPS modules with software on their cell-phone as they will have to embark on a new learning curve."
Given that Google Maps Mobile itself is available as a download for cell phones, MGMaps is a competing product and it seems to be a fair request on Google's part even though one feels for MGMaps which came out with a (free) product first. However, this would suggest that Google is taking mobile map software seriously enough to send in the 'Google Enforcement Team'. While not really an evil move by them, it will inconvenience the large userbase that had grown to adopt the software and substitute their GPS modules with software on their cell-phone as they will have to embark on a new learning curve."
