To be honest most (all!) questions such as yours seem to go PARTLY or WHOLLY unanswered not just in this group but also in the API 2 group too.
I suspect that Google don't have a 'concrete' answer and are happy to leave us all wondering what is what... Martin. On Oct 10, 2:42 pm, abanjo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi,in the last weeks, in the FAQ i found a new paragraph dedicated to the > usage limits.Here a piece of it:*"What transaction limits apply to the Maps > API?* > *There are currently no limits on the number of web based JavaScript or > Flash maps a site can generate. However the Google Maps API Web Services and > Google Static Maps API do have daily limits that are specified in their > documentation.**From October 1st 2011 commercial web sites and applications > using the Maps API may at no cost generate:**up to 2,500 map transactions > per day that have been modified using the Styled Maps feature**up to 25,000 > map transactions per day in total*..."and here the part relative to the > costs: > *"What constitutes a 'map transaction' in the context of the transaction > limits that apply to the Maps API? > **A single map transaction occurs when:**the Maps JavaScript API (V2 or V3) > is loaded by a web page or application;**a SWF that loads the Maps API for > Flash is loaded by a web page or application; or**a single request is made > for a map image from the Static Maps API.**a single request is made for a > panorama image from the Street View Image API."* > So if i correctly understand, if my site generate more than 25.000 > transactions i must pay $4 for each slot of 1000 extra transactions.What is > not clear to me is:- if i use the javascript V3 version, the 25.000 are > calculated for the IP ( so the client ), the domain ( so the web site ) or > what?- Well, the costs are for commercial web site... but what is considered > "commercial" from Google? A page with banners (es Adsense ) is considered > as commercial? - 4$ for 1000 transactions?? well if a transaction is > generated for each maps load, this is quite near to pageviews. So, if i put > an adsense banner MAYBE i can reach a 0,80$ RPM... so i pay 4 to gain less > than 1? I think this a great problem for the major part of web sites. > Maybe ( i hope ) i don't understand well what is written.Can anyone help me > to clarify these doubts?ThanksDavide -- 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.
