Hi Anthony, I built a GPS tracking system for Window Mobile devices a couple of years ago... back then I prototyped both Virtual Earth, now called Bing Maps and Google Maps... they were both basically the same and all JavaScript driven back then... more recently I did the mapping for clang.com.au using the Bing Maps Silverlight API... way better and I'd highly recommend it.
Commercially speaking... if you plan to make money out of it you'll need an agreement... I did the basic research a couple of years ago... doesn't look like Google has changed their agreement much... M$ back then was a bit confusing as there were different levels of use and different charges... for example geocoding and reverse-geocoding were different charges to the map, etc. Both systems require an API key, unless Google has changed, to track your usage, at one stage you could get a developer key and you had to point to a development server while in development but again that might have changed... sorry not sounding to helpful here... for this most recent project I was just given a key since we have an existing agreement. >From my understanding our M$ agreement was made directly through our partner channel. Cheers, Shane On 26 November 2010 09:31, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone had any experience with GPS mapping ie place a dot on a map for a > gps location? Are there any free services i can use to do this? Its for > commercial use, i think i need a paid license if i use google maps is > this correct? > > regards > > Anthony (*12QWERNB*) > > > > -- Cheers, Shane DISCLAIMER NOTICE The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy or use the contents in anyway. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and notify us by reply email. It is the recipient's responsibility to screen this message and any attachments for computer viruses. Thank you.
