On the subject of licensing, what is Google's position on creating
commercial visualizations? The TOS seems to reject it ("royalty
free"). We have a particular visualization that requires consumption
of server side resources from us (not purely client-side), which means
we end up paying for others to use the visualization. We are
interested in a Google Maps-like tiered approach, where we grant an
API key which allows free usage up to a quota (say, 50k invocations
per key per day), and then charge a fee over the quota for large
users. This appears unsupportable at the moment given the current
licensing terms on GViz, but I could be wrong. Anyway, as a result, it
may mean we offer a version which sits outside of GViz, and works like
any other JS widget, which is regrettable.-Ray On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:52 AM, TheViz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Publishing an image on a blog or a site from a Visualization API created > chart for purposes such as discussing the API, showing an example of what > can be done, etc is perfectly fine. > > Creating Visualization API charts, then turning them into static png images > as an ongoing method for publishing visualizations on your website is not > allowed as it constitutes use of the API in a manner different than its > intended use. > > Hope this helps. > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Chris Hager <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> hey, >> >> i was wondering about serving snapshots of interactive charts and maps >> (and couldn't find it in the terms of use). Let's say I'd like to make a >> homepage which delivers a map like >> >> http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/intensitymap.html >> (or a geomap) as a single .png image... would that violate the terms of >> use or is that possible? >> >> best from vienna, >> - chris hager >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" 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-visualization-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
