On Jun 2, 9:53 pm, Scott Herbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > My understanding is that apps must be publicly accessible, does that > mean the data and the app?
No: your data is yours. The map is Google's and they require the map to be accessible. The Terms don't make you publish your data. > However the data would have to be kept from the general public (their > would be legal issues here in the UK to say nothing of the ethical > issues), and I think the rules would prohibit that, but I thought I > should ask just to check. Nothing in the Group (ever, not just this thread) should be taken as definitive legal advice with regard to the Terms. There are no lawyers here -- or at least, none have identified themselves. Google themselves do not offer advice, in order to prevent a conflict of interest if you do break the Terms. I don't think there is anything in the Terms which means you cannot have a login or other authentication to protect your data. That is (for example) a page which is publicly accessible and displays a map, but if the user has logged in then that same page also adds data to the map, or other functionality. It's important that as far as display goes, it's the same page -- otherwise you have a map which is not publicly accessible. The FAQ already say that it's ok to have a login for **maintaining** data -- they use the example of paying to advertise something, getting a login and adding it to a map which is then displayed freely. The authentication mechanism is up to you, but it sounds as if it needs to be quite robust. You could investigate a Premier licence which allows you to use maps on a private network. Tt might be more expensive than the desktop software, but you haven't said what sort of silly money is needed. -- 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.
