Using Google Maps Tile Service with OpenLayers 5

How to pass Google Maps API key to access tile service using OpenLayers 5.

Some google searches suggested me to set the url of tile layer as

http://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Is this a legal way to access Google tile server data directly without an API key?

As per this forum, its a violation of Google Maps TOS.

If this is a violation, what should I need to do to meet their TOS.

I need to overlay some WMS data hosted on GeoServer over Google Map. I can do so using Google Maps tile server, but without using a Google API.

edited Jul 8 '18 at 16:53

asked Jun 29 '18 at 4:16

Chandan Kumar Rath

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Possible duplicate of Accessing Google Tile independent from their API in OL3 is possible for paying customer? – ThomasG77 Jun 29 '18 at 23:53
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No, this is not duplicate. OL3 provides native support for Google Maps. With OL 4 and above, the Google Maps support was removed. Still Google Maps can be used using its Tile Server. For this there is no need of an API key. Some online forum says that its illegal to access Google map data from its tile server directly without an API key is a violation of its TOS So, what can be done to access Google Maps data from its tile server without violating its TOS. – Chandan Kumar Rath Jul 2 '18 at 4:12
github.com/mapgears/ol3-google-maps is not OpenLayers (the official github repo is github.com/openlayers/openlayers) so there is no native support and hence, the support was not removed (it didn't exist since OpenLayers 3 first version) – ThomasG77 Jul 2 '18 at 15:26
A key to access Google maps is now mandatory e.g due to TOS changes e.g developers.google.com/maps/billing/important-updates Limit to set a key is 16th of July 2018 – ThomasG77 Jul 2 '18 at 15:37
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Yes, it was removed: a pain to maintain + legal concerns. For using Google Maps with an API but no Mapgears like it was in v2: you simply can't (or you can e.g bl.ocks.org/ThomasG77/21192c7045ab8f50e22e but the experience is bad). The risk if choosing OpenLayers 2: bad support on mobile + if any issue with OpenLayers 2, don't expect support. My personal advice: don't keep the stance with Google Maps: don't use it. PS: I will not answer more as most answers I've done are already in the duplicated answer and its links. – ThomasG77 Jul 5 '18 at 11:26

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