I looked at this thread in the V3 group, and it says that transaction counts are based on top level domain. That makes sense, because V3 is keyless. I was wondering if that was the same for V2, or if the totals are calculated separately per map key.
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_thread/thread/ef2a6de2dfe5f20f?pli=1 On Sep 23, 4:30 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 22, 8:46 pm, AtomicKnits <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We are using Google Maps Javascript API V2, and I have a question > > about the usage limits. We generate MANY map keys for use on > > subdomains of the same top level domain. I am wondering if we are > > going to hit the usage limits by using many different map keys for > > many different subdomains of the same top level domain. Are the > > transaction limits calculated per map key, per top level domain, or > > another way? > > Transaction limits usually apply to whatever is making the requests > (individual clients, server-side requests, wherever). For example, > whenever a client loads the API, that's one map transaction. A server- > side geocode request is one geocoder transaction. > > > I wasn't able to find this in the FAQ or ToS. > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#usagelimits > > However: you are correct that it's not clear whether a "map > transaction" is counted against the key -- all the clients are > aggregated together -- or the client (by IP address). It may be > advisable to ask in the Version 3 Group as Google frequent that more > and might clarify the counting rules. Version 3 doesn't require a key, > of course, so it becomes a question of whether a "map application" is > based on its location (and the referrer header is used for counting) > or its users (where client IP is probably used). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
