On Mar 30, 7:02 pm, Drew Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay I posted this question already but people told me I was not > specific enough. This is what I want to do:
You could simply have replied and kept everything together in the one thread. But never mind. > I'm trying to make a website where a user can type in an address and > obtain a street view map surrounding around this address. (This is > the Google Maps Part). Once user as obtained the map my website will > grab the map as an image (jpeg, pdf, whatever). The user will then be > able to use this image and edit it in a paint or photoshop-like > imaging environment within my site. They can add a Title, > instructions, arrows, shapes, whatever. This is absolutely forbidden by the Terms. 10.1 means you can only access the Content (which includes the imagery) using the API; 10.2 specifically forbids making a derivative work. 9.3(b) covers allowing others to break the Terms: by using your site they are also agreeing to them. So what follows is rather moot. > At first I was going to charge $1 to use the service. But I > understand that that is illegal. Fine. However- Can I create this > website, offer the service for free, but make money off my website > through advertising? > > If answer is STILL no.... > > Can I launch the site.... Offer it 100% free and make no money off > advertising.... Then based on the success and popularity of my site > get the google maps API PREMIER and then start charging for the > service only after I find out if I can afford the 10k+? No. You may be able to get Google to vary the Terms to allow derivative works, but they won't do that without a Premier licence payment up-front (if then). And it may be *far* more than $10k. Note: you can make money off advertising on your site (eg Adwords), and you can make money by charging to display third-party data on your map, as Rossko indicated in the FAQ. -- 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.
