I use geocode results in a similiar fashion on my site www.homerent.ca. A key difference is that the people who post their properties pay to do so. But the data is then free to all to view. I would wonder if I violate the following:
9.1 Free, Public Accessibility to Your Maps API Implementation. Your Maps API Implementation must be generally accessible to users without charge... And I also store the original address in addition to the lat/lng obtained from the Google geocoder. Would this still be considered "limited amounts of content"? scott On Dec 20, 5:38 pm, "Michael Geary" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
