The interesting thing in the change of the TOS is that the Static Maps API can be used outside a browser, but this still requires an Internet connection.
There are regions on our planet where there is no Internet service of any kind - and properly will never be - due to the vast distance between communities and the sparse population. One of this regions is Alaska - Northern Canada where I live. There are coming about 4 - 5 million travelers to this region each year, but no way to guide them on their handsets while on the roads or on water. For these regions it would make sense to allow offline usage of Google Maps to create meaningful services for travelers. Stephan On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Joseph Elfelt <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the info Chris. > > Can you (or someone) please clarify if the following FAQ statement is > still true under the revised TOS? > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#tos_commercial > "If you charge people to place information on your map (e.g. to list > their homes for sale), but you display this information using the > Google Maps API on a free part of your site, you'll also meet the > Google Maps API Terms of Service." > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
