Google is but one licensee of the data. They have a licence to provide maps on websites. Desktop applications are a different market, and one the mapping providers licence for, so Google is curtailed from encroaching on that market. (or you buy that licence via Google so you could specifically be allowed)
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:33 AM, rb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks guys. That's what I thought re: license violation. I wonder > what's the reason. The service is really free - thank you very much - > but why limit it to web sites? What's the difference? Is google trying > to "throttle" traffic to their maps server? Certainly, one would > expect that this api used on web sites would send more requests to > their maps services than a desktop app. It's really puzzling and, sort > of, weird. IMHO, of course. > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
