On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Johnsim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Barry, > Thank you for the link. > I'm very striked, and disappointed. Why isn't it possible to load some > maps wihtin a standalone application ?
Licencing. Google have a licence to to use mapping Online (on their site and to others via the provided APIs) <personal opinion> Desktop is a market that the data providers do licence seperatly - so allowing Google to offer free data undermines their other contracts. A (suspected) core issue is an online application has to be available to all - so spreads the brand - but a desktop application is a more closed enviroment and likly to get less discemination. yes a desktop application can be free and unrestricted distribution, but it can be also closed. And tracking such software is much harder than online applications. with the online mapping they can detect intranet a bit easier and require enterprise edition. And its also a (or could be a) direct competitor to Google Earth :) </personal opinion> So you should contact the enterprise team to see if their solution would work for you. > I do not see why there is a > "frontieer" between web apps and local apps. > Is this policy going to change ? No idea. > Thank you. > > On 26 sep, 02:32, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#tos_nonweb >> >> Sorry >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Johnsim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > I wonder about terms of licence in the following case : >> > - a standalone application (C++) is using Google static maps service >> > to show some paths with map background >> > - this application is free for basic features, including showing paths >> > over google maps >> > - this application is charged (registering fees) for some other >> > advanced features >> >> > Since the Google maps features would be free for everyone (with or >> > without registering fees), according to the tems of Google licence, I >> > guess this application wouldn't need a Google "premier" licence. But >> > this particular case isn't mentionned as far as I read. >> > So, could anyone here confirm this please ? >> > Thank you. >> >> -- >> Barry >> >> -www.nearby.org.uk-www.geograph.org.uk- > > > > -- 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. 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
