Hi, I want to load a image into TSRE5 so I can precisely place a couple buildings and an industrial spur. The problem is this feature does not appear to be working anymore?
Robert
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Hi Robert
OSM maps stopped working a few months ago, but the latest version 0.6963 has got these going again.
If you want to use google maps, the problem is probably with your API key. Google have changed their terms and conditions, so you now have to register your credit card details and get a new key. In all probability you will never use this enough to incur a charge, but this is the way it has to be done.
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If Robert does mean his Google map layer does not work anymore, then his API key has stopped working. Robert If you are on 64 get the latest version, the OSM has been fixed I would recommend that because Google is requiring you to imput your information for payment but in all honesty stick with OSM because of the API key issues.Todd
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Not sure why everything blew up here? I have traced the problem to two things. A very outdated TSRE5. I can't go to the latest because my OS is 32 bit. Second Google wanting to be funny with their images has caused my API to fail. They are not getting my freakin info and can piss off. I am screwed till Goku puts out an update for TSRE5 32 Bit.
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Posts are restored. I thought at one point there was a feature similar to the MSTS transfer where an image could be injected and used it for reference.
I put in a CC for my API key this week, and the map loading started working immediately. Really not understanding what the concern or confusion there is all about. The credit they provide allows up to 100,000 calls to the map service per month. Looking at my own activity, I could hit ~2000 tiles a month without hitting the limit where charging would happen.If you like what you see here at Trainsim.com, be it the discussions and knowledge in the forums, or items available in our library, I hope you'll consider a paid membership to help support keeping the site operating.... Thanks!Comment
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The concern is the asking for a credit card number.
I suppose once they have a credit card number, then they could start charging you. Realistically, this would turn into a charge-back on your credit card and you wouldn't have to pay in the end. But Google (and the credit card companies) are big and powerful. Providing them with details that could be used (purposely or accidentally) to screw you makes people nervous.
Not me. Google's got everything: credit cards (I use them for international calls on google voice among other things), my contact info and all my contacts, all my calendar data, half-done BLW/ZT projects for open rails on google drive, . . . on and on. My biggest fear is they would delete my data, not misuse it.
Someday google is going to go the way of the mighty Pennsylvania railroad and turn into the Penn Central. But not for awhile. For now, they are still the standard of the world. Hopefully we'll have an internet ICC by then. And hopefully it won't embody all the excesses of the last ICC.
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