Thanks Andrew, It definitely a fine line! I'm clear on the biological (living) vs mechanical (non-living) distinction. It's any combination of the two and where the sensor is mounted (not connected but touching, resting, being stored, whatever...) on/in the combined moving object, where we could compromise if we knew some official set of constraints. We don't know of many bicycles that cycle themselves - cars, planes, drones, helicopters, trains - yes - but we do know of projects that use bicycle mounted storage to hold sensors - such projects frequently showcase results through clients developed with the *free* Google Maps API in realtime and allow 2 way, i.e. controlling, communication. Are all these in violation of the TOU?, i'm guessing they are. We are also aware of Google Maps Premier - financially we have to exclude this option.
We're getting closer to an unambiguous answer on the constraint boundaries for biological-mechanical combinations, whats your take on these; A passenger carrying a sensor whilst on/in a *mechanical* or *non- living* vehicle, be that a car, bike...? And what's your opinion on William's response; On Oct 10, 1:03 pm, William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > The proposed application has nothing to do with the vehicle itself -- > it's all about the environment surrounding the vehicle -- therefore > the display of this real time environmental data is within the TOU. > All this data could be collected from a huge network of stationary > sensors like weather stations but that's not cost-effective. I'm all for [Maps API Guru]'s lending sanctioned expertise, and it's another useful point of view. I've noted your clear view of the world and will keep watching the discussion for an official response, may never arrive! such things i guess are reserved for 'Premier' API users. Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
