John specially said >I think you'll find that doing a routing query in this manner will >subject your IP to being suspended quite quickly then >Currently, there is no http method of accessing the routine engine.
in reply to >I am trying to build an application on Java that needs to keep records >of a list of address and distance between each pair. I would like to >know if I can query Google Map and get distance for each route in the >direction from kml in a single http request. which seems to me very specific about automated access. Its true http can be used by a human too (via a browser), but that was not being dicussed in this thread. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 7:45 PM, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With respect and some annoyance, it was not me who first generalized > the topic of this thread to cover all such http access to Google > Maps. Once that occurred, I simply was trying to clarify the record. > As I said in my first comment, I have posted this question over in the > other group where it is more apropos. Thank you for your opinion on > the substantive issue nevertheless. > > On Sep 10, 1:35 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Sep 10, 11:28 am, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > Well, for my purposes, I did not access the http interface via a >> > script or webcrawler, etc. (And John Coryat's comments above >> > mentioned no such thing, either. He said more generally and flatly >> > that such http acces is "not allowed" and there is no http interface >> > to get such directions.) >> >> > To clarify, unlike the original poster, who does seem to be working on >> > an automated process to glean data for a database, I am submitting the >> > URL in an interactive test. I either paste the URL into my browser's >> > address bar, or click on a link I have created. (I also omit the >> > output=kml qualifer from the URL, because I just want to render the >> > map and directions in Google Maps.) >> >> > See my own simple example here: >> >> >http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from:+30.374239,-97.633008+to:+30.38004... >> >> > John seems to believe that just submitting such http requests will get >> > someone's IP banned from Google Maps, and I am questioning that. >> >> > Perhaps this is undocumented functionality. (I didn't even know >> > about the to: and from: syntax until I read this original post >> > above.) But I see nothing that makes it illegal per se. >> >> I don't think there is any problem with your example (throwing a >> request to google maps). Perhaps you shouldn't hijack threads... >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Sep 10, 12:54 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> > > On Sep 10, 10:48 am, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I have >> > > looked at the Terms and Conditions of Google Maps and can find >> > > > nothing that seems to prohibits this usage. >> >> > > Did you read this section?http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS >> > > 5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the >> > > Services >> > > by any means other than through the interface that is provided by >> > > Google, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a >> > > separate agreement with Google. You specifically agree not to access >> > > (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated >> > > means >> > > (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you >> > > comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present >> > > on >> > > the Services. >> >> > > > As for feasibility, I >> > > > have tried it interactively in a URL querying directions for 3 >> > > > sequential locations, and it seems to work fine. Perhaps there is a >> > > > limit somewhere in the number of locations or the total length of the >> > > > URL string. >> >> > > > I have made an inquiry about this in the Google Maps Help Group, where >> > > > this topic properly belongs since it is not API-related. But I just >> > > > want to post this for the record here because of the comments above. >> >> > > > On Sep 9, 5:30 pm, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > > > Please see the API documentation, if you do intend to stick within >> > > > > the >> > > > > API:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Driving_... >> > > > > See alsohttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html >> >> > > > > As for quering Google Maps directly, please see their own >> > > > > ToUhttp://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/help/terms_local.html >> >> > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Zhitao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > Hi everyone, >> >> > > > > > I am trying to build an application on Java that needs to keep >> > > > > > records >> > > > > > of a list of address and distance between each pair. I would like >> > > > > > to >> > > > > > know if I can query Google Map and get distance for each route in >> > > > > > the >> > > > > > direction from kml in a single http request. >> >> > > > > > For example: >> > > > > >http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from:+lga+to:+jfk+to:+isp&output=kml >> >> > > > > > The output kml has only information of the first part (lga to jfk), >> > > > > > but no information of second part. >> >> > > > > > I wonder if I can get all information in kml in one query. >> >> > > > > > Thanks >> >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Barry >> >> > > > > -www.nearby.org.uk-www.geograph.org.uk--Hidequotedtext- >> >> > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. 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