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Re:Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish by blhack on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @04:17PM (#3453724)
Could somebody explain to me how google charges for maps? I'm using it for http://lanmarks.com/ -- and it's not like I'm throwing an API key at them with the javascript include...
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Re:Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish by cullenking on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @04:28PM (#3453779)
Start using an API key - you can then use their API console to track your usage, and you'll actually get notifications of overages, impending shutoff etc. Much better than flying blind.
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Re:Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish by sdelmont on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @04:21PM (#3453746)
it's tied to the domain name of the page including the maps javascript (that is, the referrer for that JS request)
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