Also, Google would not be unhappy if you licensed the API Premier service, which starts at $10K/yr.
On Oct 27, 6:45 am, "Barry Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
