Hey Pamela, Wow - thanks SO MUCH for responding. This really clarifies things for me and i'll switch back to Google maps in Webview :)
@Lance --> Why would hire a lawyer, when they wouldn't even be able to help me understand it ? Its all "mights, ifs and 'ands'. They aren't going to tell me anything more than I, myself, can read. The whole point of a TOS is to NOT HAVE FUD. They are supposed to clarify a companies position to a developer/end user. Do you think, after this long post thread - everyone is "clarified"? There is just no point putting time and effort into something to just have it quashed. It's great that Pamela has responded to post because there will be 100s of other developers out there wondering this exact same thing. You'll note that many apps in the iPhone store use Microsoft Maps because of this EXACT reason. Some of my friends have recommending using Microsoft Maps simply because there TOS is more clearly defined and they didn't want to go through the issues of violations when showing the map in webview on the iphone. Anywho - thanks again Pamela for responding! Google Rocks! Cheers, Andy On Sep 2, 4:40 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andy-- > > If it's hosted on a public web server at a URL that I myself could > visit (without an iPhone :), then it should be fine. I'll add this use > case to our list of items to clarify in the upcoming ToS. > > - pamela > > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I think the crucial question is where the map is actually coming from. > >> If it's from a website you've created and hosted somewhere (so that > >> people could access it without an iPhone) and you're simply displaying > >> that site within your app, then there should be no problem. > >> Effectively your app is a browser. If it's any other place, like > >> directly from Google's servers or even part of your application (no > >> internet connection required) then that would be against the TOU. > > > Yeah, the mapping will be hosted on a website and just shown in > > webview so really its just a "fancy browser". An internet connection > > would definitiely be required. Its effectively just pulling the map > > from the web and showing inside the app. > > > I just couldn't find whether this was permissible or not! :) But it > > seems that you have answered my question enough for me to give a go. > > > Thanks again, > > > Andy- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
