I am building an application that geocodes locations. To improve performance, I'd like to store the geocoded results (lat/lng) in a database, otherwise I'd need to make up to 100 Geocode lookups per page request. Can I store geocoded location as part of a user profile without violating the TOS?
I've searched through the forums and can't seem to find anybody explicitly saying that it violates the TOS (actually most replies seem to help figure out how to store this data.) The closest I found was a reply which said store it in the database and occasionally update it so it is "temporary" data. Here is that the TOS says: ---------------------------------- 7.1 Definitions. [...] (b) "Content" means any content provided through the Service (whether created by Google or its third party licensors), including map and terrain data, photographic imagery, traffic data, or any other content. [...] 10.3 pre-fetch, cache, or store any Content, except that you may store limited amounts of Content for the purpose of improving the performance of your Maps API Implementation if you do so temporarily, securely, and in a manner that does not permit use of the Content outside of the Service; ---------------------------------- http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html What qualifies the data storage as being "temporary"? What if I store it as part of the address, like “Hollywood, CA USA [34.101631,-118.339776]?” Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, -Jesse -- 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.
