Hi all, My question regards the API terms of. I will first explain the basic outline of the planned application and then get to the specifics of the question. Terms: http://code.google.com/intl/sv-SE/apis/maps/terms.html
This regards a website which needs to be able to fetch coordinate data from users entering an address (or postal code, or by placing a point on a map) and store this data in a database. Further, the application needs to be able to sort objects according to distance from a given point - requiring the use of a haversine formula on the coordinate data in the database. As a whole, this demands that we are allowed to use coordinate data pretty much freely. This, of course, excludes the possibility of using the API geocoder (as this information cannot be stored more than temporary (10.3) and not used in other ways than for displaying on a Google map (10.12)). Now, I've spent some time today trying to find alternatives. One suggested method, is using the geocoder to center the map and then letting the user place the actual marker (thereby the actual coordinate data is supposedly user-generated if I've understood this correctly). See these: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/8d8dc62f09cca39b/5cebc32cadd5da6d?lnk=gst&q=store+terms#5cebc32cadd5da6d and http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/e54af8c7b0abf8f8/f62a6360cac345da?lnk=gst&q=store+terms#f62a6360cac345da This would be ideal, but I'm still not sure. This implies such data not falling within the definition of Content in 7.1b (stated: "Content" means any content provided through the Service (whether created by Google or its third party licensors), including map and terrain data, photographic imagery, traffic data, or any other content.) Surely, it is the user who "generates" this coordinate data, but as I see it, its still "provided through the Service". I'd really like to hear some opinions on this. I'd be more than happy if my worries were ungrounded. If not however, suggestions of other approaches would be very much appreciated. Thanks for reading /Mattias --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
