ok, so you are saying that Google caches the maps internally and it won't count against our rate limit no matter how many people simultaneously request the *same* map.
so, if we had 35 users visit a page on our site requesting the same map over a 1 minute period - we wouldn't run into a rate limiting issue? On May 31, 5:02 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 31, 9:58 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > you > > would be well advised either to request maps at a constant rate > > through the day, or hand off the requests to the client browser so > > each client gets its own limit which they are unlikely to reach. > > In fact, what you should be doing is coding the <img> element in your > page correctly so that each client requests its own copy of the map > you have defined. Each identical map is only generated once and cached > by Google ready for the next client request. You don't need to store > it yourself, and that will help with the multiple request rate too. -- 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.
