On Apr 20, 2:41 pm, joediddley <[email protected]> wrote: > > FYI - I did. Coordinates are not needed to construct them map, as in > the example provided, the URL > http://maps.google.com/maps?output=html&q=heathrow+airport,+london,+UK > is a local search, there are no coordinates needed to generate the > static map. And it works great, and fast, as it was designed.
Well, coordinates *are* needed to construct the map, it just happens behind the scenes. If you are deconstructing the static map URL returned for that image, you're effectively scraping Google's HTML output. That's prohibited by 2(b) and 2(c) of the Maps Terms of Service, http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/terms_maps.html Which is why you're being gently steered away from that method. What is gentle, of course, is entirely subjective! Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
