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Regards Davie On Oct 31, 5:39 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 31, 10:17 am, giscoda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Thor, > > > will there be an option to get streetview and geocoder without the > > google map? > > > I could easily switch the main map of my application to an open source > > solution but I would like to continiue using googles geocoding and > > streetview. > > You aren't allowed to use the geocoder unless the resulting data will > be displayed on a google maps API > map.http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#geocoder_exists > > I'm pretty sure there is no requirement to have a map to use > streetview. > > -- Larry > > > > > > > > > > > Thanx > > -s. > > > On 31 Okt., 10:20, abanjo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Thor, > > > So according to what you said only the 0,35% of the sites is over the > > > 25.000 limits. > > > This is a big surprise for me considering that 1 map load = 1 > > > transaction! > > > So we have 2 options: > > > > 1) the 99,65% of the sites don't consider the maps as an important > > > feature for their core business. > > > 2) the 99,65% of the sites have found a way to offer a great map > > > service without go over this limit. I'm very curios to know how! > > > > My site is based on maps. I'm offering a tool to calculate an > > > itinerary with public transportations for my city. So i can't take off > > > the maps. I don't believe that i'm over the limit, but sure i'm quite > > > near it. Before this news i hoped that my site will grow in the > > > future, now i hoping that it remain stable! (is not this absurd?) > > > I'm happy to know to have a site that is near the 1% of the "top > > > player" of Google maps, but i can assure you that i don't gain from > > > that enough to pay for the 99% of the developers. > > > I think that this quota is too low, and don't take in consideration > > > the sites that are focused on maps. I think that the heavy users of > > > the maps are the most important for Google. They are developers that > > > spend a lot of time on your API, give you a feedback, have helped to > > > grow this product... and now are the ones that must pay! For > > > example... i'm very interested in styled map, fusion tables ecc... but > > > now... why spend my time to integrate them if i know that these are > > > absolutely anti-economic? > > > > Do not get me wrong, i'am grateful to Google for the support in this > > > years with its great services... so as long as i can i will try to > > > continue to use your maps. If i will find a way to gain enough to pay > > > my costs, i will be happy to give my contribution to the community. > > > > Thanks > > > Davide > > > > On 31 Ott, 09:08, "Thor Mitchell (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > On Monday, 31 October 2011 01:48:26 UTC+11, John Coryat wrote: > > > > > > We should be given a choice of shutting the site down when the 25k > > > > > limit > > > > > is reached or paying to keep it online. > > > > > You will have that choice. You can set a Maximum Billable Limit, which > > > > is > > > > the maximum amount you are willing to pay per day. If you exceed that > > > > limit > > > > on any given day, then the site will stop serving Maps for the rest of > > > > the > > > > day. You can set that limit to be $0 if you wish. > > > > > > As stated by a previous poster, the cost of keeping the site up after > > > > > the > > > > > threshold is far greater than the ad revenue generated by the site. > > > > > Shutting it down would be a negative to the users but the cost is so > > > > > prohibitive that it's the only option as far as I can tell. > > > > > > Forcing us to pay without any other options is going to be painful. > > > > > Writing a self monitoring system will require shutting off the maps > > > > > before > > > > > the threshold is reached to ensure a safety limit. > > > > > > It does seem a bit short sighted for Google to force map publishers > > > > > with > > > > > successful sites that run AdSense to shut down or be charged an > > > > > excess of > > > > > what AdSense can earn. Exempting AdSense users from the limit would > > > > > seem to > > > > > be a good business practice. Another option might be to charge these > > > > > map > > > > > publishers the same rate that AdSense generates when the threshold is > > > > > exceeded making the sites revenue neutral for that overage and > > > > > allowing > > > > > them to stay online instead of forcing a shutdown. > > > > > We looked into this, but even if we took 100% of Ad Unit revenue from > > > > sites, we would not generate enough revenue to cover the cost of serving > > > > those sites, given the average RPM of the Ad Unit. Plus it's a goal of > > > > the > > > > pricing not just to cover the costs of the affected sites, but also the > > > > costs of serving the sites that are not paying usage (ie. it's the > > > > revenue > > > > from the 0.35% of sites that are paying that secures the future of the > > > > service for the 99.65% of sites that are not). So if we were to offer a > > > > choice between showing the Ad Unit and paying, we would need to both > > > > increase the RPM of the Ad Unit somehow (eg. show more ads), and also > > > > force > > > > the Ad Unit on every site unless they opted to pay. I'm pretty confident > > > > such a policy would have generated several orders of magnitude more > > > > anger > > > > amongst the developer community than just asking the top 0.35% of sites > > > > (by > > > > map volume) to pay at the rates published. Not to mention the fact that > > > > the > > > > Ad Unit is not suitable for small maps, or any non-JS map (eg. > > > > Static, Flash, Street View Image, etc.). > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > Thor. > > > > > > -John Coryat -- 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]. 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