I appreciate all of your help, I will review your suggestions: Andrew: 5000 of "a" map image or 5000 of map images. You know what I mean? Can I print 5000 maps of Los Angeles and 5000 maps of New York? Or 5000 maps period? Regardless, the rest of your suggestion is actually exactly what i was thinking. The user is really using Google Maps to obtain the map image. I'm not making money off of this. I am making money off of the service I am providing which will allow the user to edit these maps into a "production" map." (see www.productionmaps.com)
Derivative Images? How would you define a derivative images? Because you say not to create derivative images and to keep it all online. If I take it offline (print), is that the moment in which a derivative image is created? Because I can VERY MUCH live with not allowing my users to print the map (Just email and link to) and then they can figure out a way to print it on their (for which I don't control) Chargeability: I also can live without charging my users a fee if I can make the necessary income through advertising. AKKAD: Your suggestions is interesting, do you think I am limited to just using Google Adsense? Its probably the best thing to use regardless right? IS there a way to get the ads to the side of the map rather than right on top of the map image? My user needs to grab the unaltered map image. I'm exploring your 2nd suggestion with the API playground, not being a coder myself (Just the guy trying to organize this project and get it coded by someone else) I don't quite understand the upside to the playground. How can it help me? Thanks a lot for all your help. On Mar 31, 1:36 am, akkad <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a part in the API which could be interesting to > Drew:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Advertising > and a > sample:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/adsmanager-ad... > In fact you need to read the terms, know the API documentation and use > your imagination. > Why not use the search API together with Google Maps? For images you > can get raw results like in the API > playground:http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#raw_search > > Regards > > On Mar 31, 10:22 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Mar 31, 2:14 am, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You seem to be planning something akin to a design-a-handbill > > > service ; perhaps it'd be worth looking at how regular handbill > > > printers/promoters get map extracts licenced. > > > The Terms allow printing of up to 5000 copies of a map image. So one > > way to comply with the Terms would be to use the API to construct the > > maps your users want, and produce a web page for them which they can > > print. Don't create derivative images: do *everything* as an online > > service. Provided that your service complies with the Terms, there's > > nothing you can do about your users breaking them by printing more > > than 5000 copies or producing a PDF. > > > The chargeability model for such a service would still be an issue > > though. You might be able to create all the separate elements of your > > handbill for free, including the maps, but only get to the layout page > > -- which after all is the meat of the application and likely to take > > most of your programming time and database space -- for a fee. That > > way, access to the "map implementation" is free and you are charging > > for the service of laying out all those separate elements. -- 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.
