Serious ambiguities remain in deciding how many geocoded points the API user can cache on the server. The user left to flounder somewhere between these two prohibitions:
"10.3 pre-fetch, cache, or store any Content, except that you may store limited amounts of Content for the purpose of improving the performance of your Maps API Implementation if you do so temporarily, securely, and in a manner that does not permit use of the Content outside of the Service; ... "10.6 use the Service in a manner that gives you or any other person access to mass downloads or bulk feeds of any Content, including but not limited to numerical latitude or longitude coordinates, imagery, and visible map data;" Why cannot Google's terms simply state an objective number defining what "limited" caching of coordinates is permitted? Is it 100 points, 1,000 points, etc.? Then we can all know what the rules are. On Nov 14, 1:05 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi developers- > > We just posted an updated Terms of Service. > > Blog post > announcement:http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2008/11/posted-by-mickey-kata... > > New Terms:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html > > Updated FAQ:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html > > Please read through the terms when you have the chance, as there are > quite a few clarifications/additions/changes. I understand that there > may also be sections that appear more restrictive than before, and you > may have concerns about those. > > Please post your questions and concerns here, and please know that we > will be reading through this thread in determining what needs > clarifying in the FAQ or even in the Terms. But also keep in mind that > it is the weekend (atleast in our timezone :) and that Terms > clarifications generally require legal consult, so we will likely not > have official responses for a few days. > > Thanks! > - pamela --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
