Hi Shaun, Thank you for the help understanding the legalese. In my case, I'm not using the Static Map API and I don't need Google to geocode anything. So, I think that I'm in good shape.
Thanks again for the help. I really appreciate it. -Laxmidi On May 6, 1:33 pm, Shaun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Laxmidi, > > I'm also not a lawyer to be clear (I'm a computer science guy, Flex > developer currently). But reading the document over a couple of times it > appears you just have to pay close attention to the words used, these > limitations are only for the "Static Maps API" and the "Google Maps API Web > Services" which are essentially the Geocoding services that do look-ups on > addresses or reverse lookups on lat/lngs to give addresses, among other > services but it appears to me there is no limit to the number of users who > can view maps on your site. > > The key here is you can't use the static maps to be in the "unlimited" world > or the google web services, you can get tiles from them and place markers on > the map assuming you have the lat/lng but if you need to lookup addresses > this is where the services come into play (or you plan to use the static > maps to get an "image" of the map rather than having the actual control in > your application). The possibility of running into these limits only exists > if you depend on those services though, if you can do the lookups of lat/lng > in advance then you can avoid the limits completely. > > It also seems the pay as you go plan is made for situations such as yours > where you might run into the limit wall and don't have the money for a full > premiere license. The other thing is if you're getting 25,000 hits per day > on your site it's likely you can find some way to get some revenue off of > that to offset the cost of the maps (although I understand this would eat at > potential profit). > > Shaun -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" 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/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en.
