Google maps api costs [modified]
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Let me know because I have a perfect desktop app that would make hundreds of thousands of dollars and all it requires is easy mapping.
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Wow, as you may know I've been looking[^] for a mapping solution to integrate simple online mapping into my commercially sold (not in-house) desktop and asp.net application. I just got word back from Google on licensing costs for the commercial version that allows you to use it with your own commercial (for public sale) applications. They still don't offer any method to license within a desktop application, only on a single web server on a domain but the price is pretty astounding:
1.) Google Maps API Premier
Available for Public and Non-Public websites and applicationsPricing (per year-paid in full at signing)
* $10,000 for 2 million page views per year
* $20,000 for 4 million page views per year
* $30,000 for 6 million page views per year
* $40,000 for 10 million page views per year
* Please call for pricing above 10 million page views per year
Page View means a single load of the Google Maps Javascript by the end user's browser:wtf: If I were Google sitting on all that data that I had to pay others licensing costs for I'd be finding every possible way to sell it. I countered with a proposal that they modify the licensing system so it would work with desktop applications, *not* drop the Google Earth desktop application COM API as they are proposing so windows apps could use it and allow a system whereby the end user who purchases software that integrate with Google Earth be able to pay a reasonable monthly subscription fee affordable to a small business / private individual. It seems all they care about are large corporate sites with a single server, there are only so many of those but there are potentially millions of desktop application users for all manner of different markets. We have thousands globally that would sign up for such a service. Crazy!
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modified on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:34 PM
You might search for some competitors. This last summer I had a person who wanted custom mapping and there where three avenues we were looking at, but I do not remember them at the moment. I know one was virtual earth, but IIRC, it was risky because you paid per "tile" pumped out.
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You might search for some competitors. This last summer I had a person who wanted custom mapping and there where three avenues we were looking at, but I do not remember them at the moment. I know one was virtual earth, but IIRC, it was risky because you paid per "tile" pumped out.
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Wow, as you may know I've been looking[^] for a mapping solution to integrate simple online mapping into my commercially sold (not in-house) desktop and asp.net application. I just got word back from Google on licensing costs for the commercial version that allows you to use it with your own commercial (for public sale) applications. They still don't offer any method to license within a desktop application, only on a single web server on a domain but the price is pretty astounding:
1.) Google Maps API Premier
Available for Public and Non-Public websites and applicationsPricing (per year-paid in full at signing)
* $10,000 for 2 million page views per year
* $20,000 for 4 million page views per year
* $30,000 for 6 million page views per year
* $40,000 for 10 million page views per year
* Please call for pricing above 10 million page views per year
Page View means a single load of the Google Maps Javascript by the end user's browser:wtf: If I were Google sitting on all that data that I had to pay others licensing costs for I'd be finding every possible way to sell it. I countered with a proposal that they modify the licensing system so it would work with desktop applications, *not* drop the Google Earth desktop application COM API as they are proposing so windows apps could use it and allow a system whereby the end user who purchases software that integrate with Google Earth be able to pay a reasonable monthly subscription fee affordable to a small business / private individual. It seems all they care about are large corporate sites with a single server, there are only so many of those but there are potentially millions of desktop application users for all manner of different markets. We have thousands globally that would sign up for such a service. Crazy!
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
modified on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:34 PM
Part of the mapping costs goes to the provision of the base data. This is a large area of where the costs come into play - they license the data from the source, and this licensing cost gets passed onto you. Of course, if there was some place you could get base data for free or cheaply[^], this would help you with your own application (if you could find a GIS display engine of course).
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I am, it's all detailed in this previous post[^].
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Sorry, missed the link :-O
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