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 Oct 31, 2011, 12:03:37 AM | #1 |
In a statement posted yesterday on the company’s Geo Developers blog Google announced their plan to rate-limit the Google Maps API. Anybody using the API who exceeds the new rate limits will have to either pay overage fees or buy a Google Maps API Premier subscription.
http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/10/introduction-of-usage-limits-to-maps.html
Google said they're going to hold off until next year to begin enforcing the new rate limit in order to give developers some time to adjust to the change and make preparations.
"We understand that the introduction of these limits may be concerning. However with the continued growth in adoption of the Maps API we need to secure its long term future by ensuring that even when used by the highest volume for-profit sites, the service remains viable,” wrote Google Maps API manager Thor Mitchell. “By introducing these limits we are ensuring that Google can continue to offer the Maps API for free to the vast majority of developers for many years to come."
Once again, it just goes to show that free is never free (for very long) and developers who've built apps or websites around the Maps API are going to be pulling their hair over the announcement. |
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