Ah.... So teleAtlas provides the map service to google? Hm.... is it a crazy idea to try and go through Teleatlas to provide my map service or is that crazy talk? (crazy talk= millions of dollars)
On Mar 31, 10:56 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 31, 6:43 pm, Drew Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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? > > It's 10.10 athttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html-- it's a > bit ambiguous, so you decide. I would say it's 5000 copies of whatever > contains the map image. So 5000 sheets containing a map; or 5000 guide > books containing several maps. > > > 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." > > (seewww.productionmaps.com) > > Yes: you allow the user to produce a web page with his layout. If he > can link to it, fine; but actually you probably can't stop him > printing it himself at that point. You will need a similar protection > clause to Google's Clause 15, so TeleAtlas don't come after you if > your users overdo the print run. > > > 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? > > Your original question was about producing PDFs or JPEGs or something > similar. Those are derivative works. Just produce a webpage which > includes an API map (or more than one). > > > Chargeability: I also can live without charging my users a fee if I > > can make the necessary income through advertising. > > I think it would be ok to charge for the service you're providing of > allowing the user to produce a layout. If they are allowed to create a > link which you need to interpret in order to reproduce their layout, > that's *definitely* chargeable. -- 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.
