Hi all, I am currently building a web system to allow my employer to view available engineers for a given date/time, and within a geographic area. The engineers (of which there are ~100) are not employed directly (they are subcontractors), and would update their availablity on this system.
What I am proposing to do is: 1) For each engineer, store their lat/long in a database (calculated by manually querying the google maps website) 2) When my employer enters the postcode of the customer requiring an engineer, I use the Google HTTP geocoding service to calculate lat/ long. 3) I then query the database using the Haversine formula to select only the engineers within a 10 mile radius of the destination. 4) For each result, I use the Google Maps JavaScript API to calculate driving distance, and then display the results in a table, ordered by closest-first. 5) Also on this results screen would be an embedded Google Map, showing a pushpin for the customer, and pushpins for the engineers. My question is: a) Would I be in breach of clause 10.12 (the "you must display a map" rule)? Essentially I use the API a few times in the background and *then* display a map, but is the rule that every time you use it you must display a map (e.g. 10 JS lookups on a page = 10 maps on a page)? b) The terms clearly state that your website must be public, but that it can be protected by a login only if you don't charge your users a fee. Our users would not be charged a fee, but all user registrations are "approved" before they are made live. Is this OK? Thanks for any guidance, I don't want to fall foul of the TOS. Regards Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
