Hi Chris, After I did many Google searches, I was overjoyed to find that I could use Distance Matrix Service to get the driving distance of two pairs of lat/long. Then, I saw the pink shaded terms of use. Although I don't need a map for the distance, but in the same application there is a feature that uses Google Map to display the library locations ( we are a consortium of 37 libraries ).
I believe many people want to use this service as back end, ie, to get the distances and list the locations from the nearest to the farthest from the mobile users. We don't really need a map to display all the locations on the map. I am not sure if the terms of use means we have to display the origin and destinations on a Google map to show the distance, or as long as there is a Google map displayed in the same application for other purpose then it is OK. Thanks, Jennifer On Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:51:20 PM UTC-5, Chris Broadfoot (Google Employee) wrote: > > Unfortunately not. The terms of service are quite explicit about this, as > you found. > > Of course, my suggestion is to use a Google map to display the results of > any services you're using :) > > -- > G+: http://chrisbroadfoot.id.au/+ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/broady > > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Layton Miller < > lay...@mutualautomedia.com> wrote: > >> So, we're developing a platform that is supposed to figure out how far >> one zip code is from the nearest surrounding group of registered >> client addresses. Basically, a user comes to the site, enters their >> zip code, and then our app needs to figure out which of our registered >> clients is closest to the user- and they are connected. >> The Google Distance Matrix seemed like a good idea for this, but since >> we don't use actual google maps (it's all for back-end purposes) the >> implementation is prohibited (and I quote): >> >> "Use of the Distance Matrix service must relate to the display of >> information on a Google Map; for example, to determine origin- >> destination pairs that fall within a specific driving time from one >> another, before requesting and displaying those destinations on a map. >> Use of the service in an application that doesn't display a Google map >> is prohibited." >> >> Straight out of the distance matrix api docs. >> So. I really think the API is sweet and I want to use it, but don't >> want to abuse the terms of use. Is there any way to use this info, or >> some other service that anyone knows about that can help me achieve >> this? >> Otherwise I'm going to have to do it all myself (which is fine), but i >> don't want to do that because, well, it's not going to be as robust of >> a solution. Not enough time for that. >> Thanks! >> --Layton >> >> -- >> 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-v3@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. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/nZgBMDI6Tw4J. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@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.
