Google Maps Platform: Update to the Google Maps API deprecation policy and Terms of Service

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Update to the Google Maps API deprecation policy and Terms of Service

Friday, April 20, 2012

Google Developers Blog todayGoogle Maps/Google Earth API Terms of Service

There are certain Maps API Services, such as Places and Street View, which you are permitted to use without a Google Map. This update clarifies that if you do choose to use a map with these services it must be a Google Map.

This update clarifies that business, residential address, or telephone directory listings services may continue to use the Maps API, but may not use business listings content provided by the Maps API or the Places API.

This update clarifies that you are not permitted to use or provide any content provided by the Maps API in an API that you offer to others, even if your implementation provides substantial additional features or content.

This update adds additional terms to protect the privacy of geolocation data and requires that you obtain the consent of your users to geolocate their position and notify them of how that information will be used.