That doesn't sound quite right. I'm sure that the limit is either based on the signature of the app (questionable) or based somehow on the user who's using it. Either way I'm not sure how Google could possibly figure either one out. If it's the latter as I suspect, then I should be fine using the Directions API in my app, with some sort of notice to the user that only 2500 requests per day are allowed. If it's the former, then I'm most likely out of luck.
Anyone else know? - dave On Aug 22, 11:31 am, Filip Havlicek <havlicek.fi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <davemac...@gmail.com> > > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
