On Nov 24, 6:56 am, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently saw a commercial desktop application that, among its > various other features for managing the user's private database of > names and addresses, incorporates a link to Google Maps. I am pretty > sure the app is not using the API. > > Apparently the app just uses a visible embedded browser control, > formulates a custom URL with address parameters and passes it to > Google Maps. The results are displayed in the embedded browser. > There is no repetitive batch processing, just the interactive HTTP > call to Google Maps one address a time. (The user has selected a > single item in the local database through its UI, and the app creates > and passes a single custom URL with the specific parameters for the > address to get directions or display a single marker.) > > I wonder if this is permitted. The only provision I can find to the > contrary is found in Google's general Terms of Service, which states: > > "5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the > Services by any means other than through the interface that is > provided by Google, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so > in a separate agreement with Google. You specifically agree not to > access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any > automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall > ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt > file present on the Services." > > I have always taken that provison to prohibit batch scripts, scraping > scripts, etc. Does it also prohibit the interactive use described > above? If not, is there any other provision in the Google Maps terms > that prohibit it?
Are they using the normal Google Maps web interface or the API? If they are using the normal interface: http://mapki.com/wiki/Google_Map_Parameters and not the API I don't think it would be against the TOU. -- Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
