Hi Dave, > Once we are in full production, the intention is (was?) to move over to > Premier, but as I said earlier it's not clear from the documentation if > the IP based limit is still enforced, or if you are then based on a > keyed 100,000 requests.
If you are using Premier you will get a client ID (not a key). Quote from (http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/premier/ guide.html#URLSigning): "this client ID is not a key. It will only work from URLs which you authorize so you don't need to worry about keeping it secret. Users of Google Maps API Premier no longer need to register or provide an API key when using the Maps API or one of its services." Also for more details on the Premier you can take a look at the above mentioned URL, most of your questions regarding the Premier should be answered there. Especially the issue if it is IP related (no it is not: "the use of your client id is restricted to a list of URLs that you specifically authorize"). > On the other hand, *IF* signed requests for premier bypass this IP > limit, why not let the smaller developer community have access to it- > it'd help them find faults in this technology, wouldn't be used by all > (or even most), and would make the transition from dev->live->paid for > - seamless. Well, that's a question that clearly must be answered by someone at Google. But as far as I can tell (reverse) geocoding is very "expensive" (in means of it takes a lot of resources). So I can understand the limit of 2500 request per day for the "free" API. > There ARE other service providers out there, and the best way for > Google to capture the largest market share is by not annoying the > developer community by making use of their services difficult! Yes, that's true. But let me predict, if they will experience a too frequent use of their geocoders (provided for free) they will also decrease the number of requests per day (or have other limits)... Also the Yahoo geocoding service does have its limits... (see Yahoo! Map API Terms of Use, "you shall not (ix) use the stand-alone geocoder for any use other than displaying Yahoo! Maps or displaying points on Yahoo! Maps;") Cheers -- 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 google-maps-js-api...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
