As far as I know, the 2500 requests per day is for all applications out there (be it desktop, mobile or whatever), so your application really can't rely on this directions API since it can be brought offline in less then an hour by all the applications using it. (And in my opinion that's why noone is using it for anything but debugging.)
2010/8/22 davemac <[email protected]> > I would love to be able to use the Directions API in my Android app, > but I'm confused by the information in the Directions API > documentation: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/directions/ > so the short form of my question is: can Android apps use the Google > Directions API? > > It clearly states the intended audience includes mobile developers. > But it also states that you're limited to 2500 requests per day. Does > this mean my app, if deployed to thousands of devices, is in total > restricted to 2500 requests per day? How could the Google server tell > anyway? Based on IP address? In which case I may be okay. The docs > also say no API key is required so again it would seem the Google > servers have nothing to use to accumulate a counter of requests per > day. Still, I don't want to be in violation of any Google Terms of > Service. > > So is it okay or not? Thanks in advance. > > - dave > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
