I think you're confusing a couple clauses of the TOS. The static maps api is the one you can't use anywhere but a web browser (see 10.8.) And yes, altering the images to remove any notices, logos, etc. would be a violation of the TOS (10.7, 10.13.) Last I remember, there was nothing in the TOS that would prevent a person from using the javascript api in a regular desktop application, provided said application and its gmaps-related functionality is freely available to the general public (9.1, 10.4.)
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html -G On Oct 1, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Watchwolf wrote: > > Hello, > > I need a browsable map in my C application. I only need the maps, no > marker, no path ... The user must have these maps without having a > google account. > > I have found 3 Google Map API: > - the classic API, javascript is required and it can only be used in > a web application > - the API Data, a account is required > - the static API, very good API. this is exactly what I need but I > have 2 problems with it : > - the google logo is displayed at the bottom-left of > each images, consequently when the user will browse inside the map we > will have some logos in the middle. I can avoid this and split the > image but I am not sure I have the right to do this. > - this is slow. I can buy a enterprise API key but I > want to be sure what am I doing before. > > What do you think about this ? Is there a better way to do it ? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
