And I'm pretty sure the answer is yes. The being available freely part is about the use of the API. In your case there are two ways to get done what you want, first you could link to maps.google.com with such a query that it displays the company location there - in this case you are not using the maps API, so neither does the "freely available" part relate to your case, nor is this the right place to ask about it. Alternatively, you could set up your own website which does use the API, to which your application links. In this case, your website must be freely available, but this changes nothing about whether or not a commercial application can link to it.
Jasper On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Grok Lobster <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Must be freely available. > > On Oct 29, 12:00 am, rfnel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everybody > > > > I have a quick question regarding Google Maps and legal issues. > > > > Say I have a desktop application which accesses a database containing > > information about companies. I'd like to add a button that opens up > > Google Maps in the user's browser and displays the location of a > > company, determined using the company address stored in the database. > > > > Since I'm not embedding Google Maps in the application and, and only > > accessing it via a web browser will I be allowed to do this without > > having to pay any royalties to Google? Keep in mind that the > > application will be sold. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Regards, > > RF Nel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
