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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Google Maps API is no longer free

Google argues that the measure is necessary to ensure "growth and evolution" of a service that until now was completely free.

Google has taken another step this week in what some analysts are beginning to interpret technology as a strategic change of the Internet giant in its business on the web.

Blog Through Google Geodevelopers , the Mountain View company announced the introduction of restrictions on the use of Google Maps API . It is a measure whose implementation and advanced Google last April in order to ensure "growth and evolution" of a service that until now was free.

An article by ReadWriteWeb contains the first impressions of some developers, which in principle are sympathetic to the movement of Google: " Taking into account the value of these APIs provide and the cost of keeping up, pay money for using them should not be a problem at all. The last thing any of us is that the withdrawal quierrĂ­a as they have other " , says the developer austrliano Daniel Treadwell.

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