Hello Dann, Thank you for the reply!
I understand the use of pre-fetch and cache. For that case i have made the client application, request and process geocoding results directly with the client so i have nothing todo with what / how user uses the service... In that i am not intervening. The kind of application i am developing allows users to keep bookmarks of favorite places. They search for a specific shop by address, using geocoding services, or by using a draggable marker to pin point the exact location, in that case the client also performs a reverse geocode query. When the user chooses to add this shop, he /she has to complete a form and submit the data. The data submitted to my server have the complete json of the geocoder result object. From this data object i choose to store some basic information like address, street number, town, country etc... ... So, am i allowed to do that? Should i request from the user to input the address data by hand so as to avoid storing geocoding results? An advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated On Apr 15, 3:08 am, Daniel Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > An example of storing *limited* amounts of Content temporarily is to > pre-fetch and cache Geocoding results to avoid having to geocode addresses > at runtime. If this is your use-case, it's perfectly fine to do so as long > as the geocoded locations are displayed using the Google Maps API. > > More on this in the second paragraph > here:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#Geocoding > > Note: the geocoding service may only be used in conjunction with a Google > map; geocoding results without displaying them on a map is prohibited. For > complete details on allowed usage, consult the Maps API Terms of Service > License Restrictions:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html#section_10_12 > > It may be more helpful to know specifically what your prospective use-case > and evaluate whether it abides by our ToC. > > Thanks, > > Dann > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:34 PM, babbos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > i am not sure if this is the correct group to post these questions but > > i am developing a project using the google's Maps API... so here > > goes... > > > In the project, users query via google's geocode API and get results > > on the map. > > > The user then may choose to save one of the results for later use... > > > According to the terms of the google Maps API service found in: > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html, Article 10 is about > > restrictions. Users of the API may NOT [quote]: > > "<i>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;</I>" > > > Where Content is defined as: > > "<i>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.</i>" > > > If i am reading correctly i am not allowed to store permanently *any* > > information produced by the Maps API? > > > I see hundreds of sites storing information from google's Maps API... > > > My apologies if i am totally off topic > > > -- > > 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]<google-maps-js-api-v3%2B > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- > Daniel Lee > Developer Programs Engineer > Google, Inc. > 345 Spear Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > 650 253 0967 -- 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.
