[Digikam-users] Google Maps API

[Den]

I'm not sure if I understood the article and Google's announcement - 
but in case I did, they are talking about map loads *per day* (the 
article only mentions it once, but in other places on the net it's 
described more clearly). That's what was posted on Twitter:

/>>> Google Maps API is still free! Just has a limit of 25k maps/day. 
That means pricing only affects the top 0.35% sites! <<</


25.000 map loads for free, and after that paying 4$ for 1.000 map 
loads shouldn't really affect Digikam. Especially since they define 
one map load as follows:

/>>> A "map load" counts as a user opening a page with the app on it. 
The degree to which a user interacts with a map once it has been 
loaded has no impact on the usage limits.<<</

I don't know how many active users Digikam currently has, but I guess 
it should be rather difficult to exceed 25k map loads per day. 
Geolocating pictures might be a nice feature, but surely not the part 
of Digikam that we use so excessive ;-)

Greetings,
Den


Am 28.10.2011 08:49, schrieb sleepless:
> I would plea for begging on your knees for a free licence, else 
> openstreetmaps is not so bad too. And besides Digikam has so much to 
> offer even without google maps.
>
> Best regards,
> Rinus
>
> Op 28-10-11 06:21, Gilles Caulier schreef:
>> It's a bad news...
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2011/10/27 Mark Fraser<mfraz74+kde at gmail.com>:
>>> Saw this story on The Register earlier
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/27/google_maps_api_no_longer_free/ 
>>> and
>>> wondered whether it would mean the end of being able to use Google 
>>> Maps for
>>> geolocation.
>>>
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