Hi developers- I've actually talked about this technique in the past on the Google Maps API blog, it's something I've used several times myself. It should be fine to use it for 50 rows of data, as long as you're eventually using the geocodes in Google Maps.
I should say that I'm now using a new, better technique to geocode spreadsheets data - Google Spreadsheets Gadgets. You can install the following gadget in your spreadsheet (Insert > Gadget), move it to its own sheet, specify the column that has the address data, and then it will geocode the results on a map with draggable markers. You can then copy/paste the lat/lngs back into spreadsheet. http://pamelafox-samplecode.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/spreadsheetsgeocoder/spreadsheetsgeocoder.xml Note: The gadget will only do 100 rows at a time, to keep reasonable performance and to make sure it's not considered "bulk". - pamela On Nov 2, 9:47 pm, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just because something is technically feasible using Google's > interface does not mean it complies with Google's legal requirements. > > As I said above, there is still an open question about interpreting > the language of the Terms and Conditions: ""Also, you may not use > Google Maps in a manner which gives you or any other person access to > mass downloads or bulk feeds of numerical latitude and longitude > coordinates." > > At some point that provision applies. It may be feasible to geocode > 1,000 addresses in about an hour by pasting 50 at a time into a > spreadsheet. The question is whether that or similar scenarios are > legal. IMHO it is not prudent just to assume that they are. > > On Nov 2, 6:18 am, Esa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 1:02 am, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Therefore, my original question and observations still apply. I do > > > wonder how this fits in with the Terms and Conditions of Google Maps. > > > I am posing the question, not giving an answer. To be useful to most > > > of us, a technique must be both feasible and legal. > > > I don't think we are violating the term you mentioned earlier. We are > > not scraping data from Google Maps but we are using the goecoder in a > > way that it is intended to be used. > > > > (BTW, is "Bill Gates" supposed to be an insult or a compliment? I'll > > > just assume the latter.) > > > Right. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Maps-API@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
