gMerge Shutdown By Google

Apparently, Google does not like when others make their search features more functional than they already are... or at least ones that don't violate their TOS agreement. There have been all kinds of developments concerning Google features that go above and beyond their intended use and sometimes Google lets them exist and other times, Google shuts them down. Such is the case with Google Maps satellite function in order to produce desktop and poster size images by merging the tile presentation of a Google Maps satellite result. Evidently, this violated Google's TOS agreement, according to http://www.google.com/help/terms_local.html, and jeopardizes our ability to make Google Maps available to the public because it encourages non-personal use of Google Maps. As a person who enjoys the Google Maps service and some of the murdok. Visit murdok for the