[Update: Apparently Not] New Google Maps API Terms of Use Limit Geocode Requests to 50,000 per Day

I just saw this on ZDNet: According to the updated Google Maps API Terms of Use, there is a limit of 50,000 geocode requests per day per Maps API key. If you exceed this 24-hour limit, the Maps API geocoder may stop working for you temporarily.

This is likely to affect users with popular mashups that rely on this feature.

[Update] Mea culpa. Thanks to reader Frank Taylor, who pointed out that the 50,000 requests per day per Maps API key is not new. There is some new language in Google’s updated Terms of Use describing what might happen to those who exceed the limit (geocoder might stop working temporarily), which hardly warrants a blog post. As I keep telling my son, haste makes waste…

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Off Topic: Thanks to Those who Make this Possible

It’s been nearly two years that I, along with a handful of others from Directions Media and elsewhere, have blogged here at All Points Blog. APB is one of a handful of commercially funded blogs that cover the geospatial arena.

Put another way, blogging is part of my job at Directions Media. I know that’s a pretty special situation. I also know it’s possible because of those companies who choose to advertise with us and support our conference (Location Intelligence, coming up in April in San Francisco). I want to thank them for their support. I encourage readers who value APB and the Directions Media publications to let our supporters know you appreciate those contributions. And, while you are at it, have a look at their software, data, services, etc.

Happy Holidays!

Podcast: 2006 Year End Editors’ Round Table

Directions Editor in Chief Joe Francica and the editorial staff discuss themes from the past year in the geospatial industry and look ahead to 2007.

The 25 minute discussion was recorded on December 20, 2006.

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Plan for Accuracy Standard for GPS Receivers on the Move

Nope, it’s not the OGC, but the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) who have begun a project to define a standard to measure the accuracy of GPS receivers that are in motion. The group has a specific interest since receivers used in precision agriculture are generally on moving equipment. There are standards for receivers in place, already.

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Quote of the Week

“There is a level of GIS complexity. What we have found is that a smart GIS person is not a good application developer and a good application developer is not a GIS expert. And that has slowed down adoption of location-based solutions on a large scale.”

Ashu Pande, managing director of SiRF India, in an interview at CIOL on one reason LBS adoption is slow