Hello, I'm interested in calculating a sizable number of driving distances and was hoping that this process could be sped up by writing something that made use of the Google Maps API. Specifically, I have a list of cities (string-variables; not geo-coded). I would like to calculate the bilateral distance between each pair. My list of locations is not short: Total bilateral combinations will be in the thousands.
>From previous postings on somewhat similar topics, it seems like doing what I want may violate the TOS. In particular, I'm concerned about the rules against "mass downloads", "batch geocoding", and/or using the information without a Google map. Does anyone have any clear insight into this? What exactly constitutes "mass downloads"? If I'm not interested in geocodes but only distances, is the second an issue? If the consensus is that what I'd like to do is not prohibited, what would be a good place to start? I'm a newcomer to javascript but have experience with object-oriented programing. Best regards, nw --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
