Hi All, The maps will be available for all to see. The charge we make for the premium listing is to add a link the clients website if they chose to do so but more importantly to move their listing to the top of the results in their chosen category. When I use the term Account Holders I refere to all our clients but in this case the premium accounts are the important factor. All of our clients basically have an account with us as our main business provides a printed directory and the online directory is an additional service which is becoming increasingly important. As mentioned I felt this was a little bit of a grey area having the Maps on just the premium listings but if this looks like we are safe progressing this way then I am happy recommending this to my superiors.
Thanks for your help and very fast responses. I was not expecting to get a clear answer to this within an hour. Excellent work! On Jun 5, 11:43 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 5, 11:31 am, kcom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Therefore > > if we changed to the google maps api we would also be giving the map > > for free but would only appear on the paid for listings. Is this > > acceptable use of the maps API or would we be required to provide the > > maps to all of the none paying clients to ensure that the terms are > > met? > > I think the test is "Is access to the map free?" not "Does it cost to > put the map in an entry?" -- that is, does it cost for enquirers to > see the maps? It doesn't actually matter whether you are charging > advertisers for the map to appear: they are paying for your effort in > doing that. > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#tos_commercial > > Andrew > > [Opinions expressed are not legal advice] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
