Re:Trip planning on Android phone turned off for now
by Mathnerd314 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:13AM
(#21453659)
The Geocoding API is free on Android:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8218764/android-geocoder...
Presumably Google would like to change this at some point but it'll be difficult since it's built into Android proper rather than the Play SDK or similar.
Re:Trip planning on Android phone turned off for now
by squeaky-clean on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:22AM
(#21453771)
Those results are from 2011-2013, it is no longer free as of July 29, 2019. [0]
> To translate points-of-interest names (e.g. “Airport”) and addresses (e.g., “1234 Anywhere Dr.”), the team selected the Google Places SDK, which was free to use for Android apps.
> In 2019, Google decided to start charging for use of the Places SDK on Android – a cost of around $35 per day (around $1000 per month). We pleaded our case to Google and were directed to apply to the Google for Nonprofits program
[0] https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/usage-and-b...
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/u...
The geocoding API is also the most expensive at $5/1000req normally.
I think this is the Geocoding code?
https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-android/blob/8eeda8...