The 15,000 limit applies to the geocoder used by the v2 API. I see that the FAQ needs updating and will get that addressed. Is the 15,000 specified in any other location in the docs?
On Mar 31, 1:41 am, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a way to geocode multiple addresses per request, by passing > in an array or something? If not, then it is impossible to reach the > 15000 limit, so you might want to remove the 15000 limit from the docs > because it will just confuse people. > Thanks, > Scott > > On Mar 30, 12:22 am, "Thor (Google Employee)" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The daily limit on the Geocoder Web Service that you are using is > > 2,500 per day, as stated in the launch blog post: > > >http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2010/03/introducing-new-googl... > > > It looks like this is not in the docs though so I will get it added. > > > Many thanks, > > > Thor. > > > On Mar 30, 3:48 am, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to put together a site that will use the v3 api. Most of > > > my requests will be through javascript and cached on the server, but > > > right now I need to seed the existing addresses in my database with > > > coordinates. I have a ruby script that works great for a while, but > > > eventually gets the over_query_limit error. > > > > url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml? > > > address=#{CGI::escape(address)}&sensor=false" > > > > I do one request to the above url per address, then store the results > > > in my database. The API states a limit of 15,000 requests per day, so > > > I set a sleep of 5.8 seconds between requests (14900/day). The script > > > runs for maybe two thousand requests then it starts receiving the > > > over_query_limit error for all the remaining requests. I even waited a > > > couple days before I ran this script again to make sure there were no > > > other requests from this IP address to the api in the past 24 hours. > > > > How accurate is the 15000 limit? Do I need to sleep more than 5.8 > > > seconds between requests? Is there a more reliable way to do this? > > > > thanks, > > > scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
