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I wonder if it's because there isn't that much map data to be had, not like search data, so no matter what price they set their competitors could siphon off all
by cheschire 3y ago
I wonder if it's because there isn't that much map data to be had, not like search data, so no matter what price they set their competitors could siphon off all their data for relatively cheap.
And sure, a user agreement is a way to litigate after the fact (assuming you catch them in the act) but once they have the data it doesn't matter.
- londons_explore 3y agoI suspect the reason they don't do this is because they want more pricing control. For their solar API for example, they know how much time solar surveyors spend getting roof profiles, and they can therefore price their product to maximize revenue. However if they just let you access all the data for any usecase, there will be plenty of people who pay Google a few bucks for data that might cost millions of dollars to obtain any other way.