http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#tos_commercial
But note that the Google Maps API - is for displaying maps on a website (ie the frontend). It doesnt provide 'backend' database for storing geodata. But its quite easy to knock up yourself with mysql http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch.html The API does provide a geocoder so you can convert addresses to coordinates. But the terms dictate it must be used in conjuction with displaying a Google Map - its not clear from your question if you actully want to display a GMap. On Jun 15, 4:56 pm, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > If this is not the right place to post this, please let me know! > > We are a small non-profit, providing a free on-line web search service > to help parents find child care providers in Maryland. > > It is a basic vendor look-up, i.e. the parent enters an address or > city or zip code and the application returns a list of up to ten > providers in the search area. There are some additional possible > parameters, e.g. search radius, age of child, type of care. The > search runs against a master database of all licensed child care > providers in Maryland that we maintain. > > Currently we use a third party tool (Maptitude) to return a table of > providers in the search area, then run an SQL statement against that > table with any additional parameters to obtain the final result set. > > Is it possible/practical to use Google Maps instead of Maptitude to > create the initial table of providers? Are there any costs associated > with using Google Maps for something like this? Our service is > provided free to the public. -- 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.
