The app simply logs the gps coordinates of the iPhone user. they can access the gps data from a website created by the iphone.
WiFi access is available for the user who has the iphone no login required. the iphone simply displays the ip address in which the user can access the page with the google map. Both the paid and free version feature the google map. the only difference is the paid version can store more waypoints. On May 27, 12:38 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 27, 12:07 pm, amcneilly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i want to use google map in conjunction with a iPhone app. > > > The iPhone app creates a web server on the wifi network. the user then > > logs onto the web server. the web server (on the iPhone) displays a > > page (on laptop/pc etc) with a google map. The iphone app will feature > > a free and a paid version. > > > Am i able to use the free google maps api? > > I don't think so. You require a user to log in to your web server. And > you say "wifi" -- do you really mean "wifi"? That is, it's only going > to be available to users on your wireless router, not outside? > > That introduces two contraventions of the necessity for the map to be > "publicly accessible". > > If your iPhone webserver is available over GPRS (or similar) and can > be accessed from anywhere, presumably by IP address, then it becomes a > question of how logins are available. Logins need to be easily > obtainable for free. > > The issue of paid/free apps is not the same. You can charge for an app > which then makes no further charge to display maps. What you are > charging for is your expertise in writing the app; and a paid version > might have more functionality than the free version. But you may not > charge to access the maps themselves with your app. > > Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps 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-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
