[Sorry, I should have looked further up the incoming emails before
sending the previous one from Jon Jablonski (therefore, I have here
curtailed it). FH]
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American
Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
Sent: 27 October 2011 21:01
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Google to impose map API usage fees
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] Google to impose map API usage fees
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:57:29 -0700
From: John Ridener <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
<[log in to unmask]>
If Google's announcement makes you nervous, there are a number of other
options that allow you to use satellite imagery as well as maps,
including MapQuest's Open Data APIs:
http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/open
Bing also has APIs:
http://www.microsoft.com/maps/developers/mapapps.aspx
Perhaps most importantly, there are Java libraries like Mapstraction:
http://mapstraction.com/ that allow you to change APIs quickly and
easily.
John Ridener
GIS Specialist/Map Cataloger
Earth Sciences and Map Library <http://lib.berkeley.edu/EART>
University of California Berkeley
@geobiblio <http://www.twitter.com/geobiblio>
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On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
wrote:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Google to impose map API usage fees
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:21:46 -0700
From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Reply-To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
<[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Do you have a library web application that uses Google as a
front-end?
If so, does yesterday's announcement affect you?
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