Google will charge for maps next year. Switch to another service?
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Maybe it's also more of a general decision of proprietary vs. open source solution. My opinion is that C5 should be as independent from proprietary solutions as possible.
Patrick
I don't think the very small risk of google starting to ask a user for cash due to usage should be the reason for changing it. I guess it's a balnce beween open source which is desireable and global usability which google maps supplies due to its all pervasive nature.
Not an easy question to answer!
Google is only going to charge sites who have not paid for premium service and who regularly exceed 25000 google map lookups per day.
I don't think that is going to affect an awful lot of people.
Iain