The reason they're getting that error is almost certainly that they
aren't paying and they're either not passing an API key at all or
they're passing one that is for a different site.
Most likely the site was developed before API keys were required
and has never been updated, but if they add a key they will almost
certainly exceed the free allowance and have to pay which is likely
why they haven't done so.
Tom
On 03/12/2019 15:21, Edward Bainton wrote:
Interesting. Do they pay Google for the map and tileserver use (even if
they don't realise that's what they're paying for)?
Or rather, since they've clearly not updated whatever agreement they had
with Google for a while, /if/ the map were functioning would that mean
they were paying Google?
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 14:46, David Woolley <for...@david-woolley.me.uk
<mailto:for...@david-woolley.me.uk>> wrote:
On 03/12/2019 09:47, Edward Bainton wrote:
>
> General Elections Online
>
<https://electionresults.parliament.uk/#Cities%20of%20London%20and%20Westminster>
(hosted
> at parliament.uk <http://parliament.uk> <http://parliament.uk>)
have got a failed page where
> the Google map is overlaid with "Development purposes only".
>
> I was planning to suggest they use OSM instead.
>
The advantage to them of using Google is that Google provides the tile
servers. OSM tile servers aren't funded to support a mass market use
like this, so the organisation will have to install and run their own
tile servers.
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