I just read that section, and I don't see any problem at all with caching geocoded points for use with your Google Maps or Google Earth application.
10.3 [You must not] 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. "limited amounts of Content" - Yes, you're only storing limited amounts of content. "for the purpose of improving the performance of your Maps API Implementation...in a manner that does not permit use of the Content outside of the Service." - That's what you're doing. "temporarily" - Define "temporary". If you're worried about that, run a script every six months to re-cache all the geocodes. "securely" - If your database is not secure, Google's lawyers are the least of your worries! I'm not a lawyer, but English is my mother tongue. :-) -Mike > From: Barry Hunter > > 10.3 I think is the section John is refering to > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html#section_10_3 > 2008/12/20 isolmar <[email protected]>: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have read the terms of service several times and I didn't > > find any problem to use the Google Geocoder and store the > > resulting lat/lon. The only limitation that I found is that you > > cannot provide batch geocoding using the Google Geocoder. > > > > John, could you please provide a link that shows the > > limitation in the use of the Geocoder?. > > > > Oviously, English is not my mother tonge and I can be missing > > some point in the terms of use. Please, I need to have a clear > > idea about the correct use of the Google Geocoder. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
