"2. Can I store these temporary results from the web services to
increase performance when the user clicks on the link in the email and
goes to the Google map on the website? "
"... the link in the email and goes to the Google map on the website"
The Google map would be displayed on my site along with the previously
fetched driving directions and geocoded marks. Doing the geocoding
and driving direction lookups in the backend before the user even
click on the link to display the Google map sure seems like it would
increase performance.
"you are required to display the directions (in map and/or text form)
and copyright and possibly warnings to the user"
Again I would be displaying the map on my site and all the necessary
items according to the TOS. Just not in the email. The email simply
would have two numbers the driving distance and driving duration with
a "Provided by Google" credit.
" Pulling just the distance out and posting it off to some group or
individual doesn't seem to fit in there."
I would not be "pulling just the distance". I would be fetching all
the necessary info to display the route to an event on a Google map.
It goes like this:
Backend:
1. Look up user's preferences for events and find matching events
in the site's database
2. Fetch event coordinates and driving instructions to the event
from the user's location.
3. Email user a notification about requested events and direct to
Google map on the site.
Frontend:
1. User receives email and clicks on the link to Google map on
the site.
2. Site fetches previously fetched Google info for the map and
displays a map on the site.
- Using the previously fetched data means the maps are
displayed quickly with less server load during "primetime" because
there the hundreds of users coming back to the site are not causing
the site to do geocode lookups and driving instruction lookups during
the "primetime" hours.
Hopefully I've made this more clear. Does it change anything in
regards to the TOS?
On Aug 24, 2:15 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 1. Can I fetch the driving directions and therefore the driving
> > distances and use just the "driving distances" in the notification
> > email
>
> Only my interpretation of the terms, but it seems to me that if you
> fetch directions you are required to display the directions (in map
> and/or text form) and copyright and possibly warnings to the user.
> Pulling just the distance out and posting it off to some group or
> individual doesn't seem to fit in there.
>
> > 2. Can I store these temporary results from the web services to
> > increase performance when the user clicks on the link in the email and
> > goes to the Google map on the website?
>
> It's a bit difficult to see how your storing of anything can 'increase
> performance' on a wholly Google webpage. Feels a bit like grasping at
> straws there?
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