On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:49 AM, davie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > The Maps API is a free service, available for any web site that is > free to consumers. Please see the terms of service for more > information. > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html > > As localhost is internal and not connected to the internet it > violates 9.1 Free, Public Accessibility to Your Maps API > Implementation. > Regards davie Of course as we know now, Greg has a Premier licence. But because this question comes up a lot, let's assume for the sake of discussion that he was using the free API. Would he be violating the TOS? If he were *deploying* his map on localhost or a private network, then it would be a violation. But wouldn't it be more likely that the reason for using localhost is that he's developing and testing his map? Here is what the TOS says about that (9.1.1b, emphasis added): Your Maps API implementation must not (i) operate only behind a firewall; or (ii) only on an internal network (*except during the development and testing phase*); or (iii) in a closed community (for example, through invitation-only access). It's perfectly fine to use localhost or a private network for development and testing of a map using the free API. You may be remembering older versions of the TOS that didn't have the development and testing exception shown above. Even then, the way the TOS was actually applied was that *of course* a developer could build and test locally, as long as the map would be public when deployed. Google never objected to anyone doing this; it was just an oversight in the original wording of the TOS. -Mike -- 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 [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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
