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* Posts by hopeless

4 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Oct 2011

Google Maps API now costs $4 per 1,000 requests

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Yes

Yep! But at least now you've got a large number of map views free per day and an easy path to pay for me

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Native iPhone apps have long been covered by a agreement between Apple and Google.

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It sounds like you should have been paying the $10,000 premier licence anyway -- it was never free to use commercially

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Actually, this is better

Previously, the only approved commercial usage of the Google Maps API for private sites/subscription service etc was the $10,000/yr premier licence. There was nothing below this level. Public site were fine, but you couldn't include Google Maps on a commercial site. So, if you made a small subscription site you had two choices: flout the Google maps licence and hope they didn't sue you or cut you off; or stump up $10,000 which could easily wipe out your profits.

So this is a great announcement! It give us clarity and a very generous free quota.

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