I have a client that needs to be able order multiple rides for their customers. Is there any component of the API that would allow their single business appID to order, and pay for, these types of rides? Sometimes they would need to order two or three rides at once or have rides overlap each other.
Using a single user/token (similar to the Lyft app itself) doesn't work because once a ride is in progress that token is not usable again until the 1st ride is over.
Lyft does have a set of APIs they call Concierge APIs. It's basically an API for booking rides on behalf of someone such as a call center agent getting a Lyft for a customer.
The APIs allow a single token to book multiple rides. It's worth noting that a given passenger name + phone number is considered a unique user and cannot have multiple rides booked, if that's what you're looking for.
You'll need to reach out to Lyft to get access to the APIs and documentation.
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Google Places changed its pricing model last summer and the additional costs are pretty step and I might have to discontinue a research project on mine. Is it possible to query just the basic information for a place and not be charged for a place details request? My query is:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?key=MYCOMPANYKEY&placeid=ChIJMfEXesb724ARlhTq8RBG5jY&fields=name,place_id,permanently_closed
The only bit of information I need is if the place is permanently closed. Reading the documentation, it looks like this is a basic field and should be free (link here to the basic data sku), however when I run the query I am charged $17 / 1000 queries. Is there anyway to query this without paying for a Place Details query?
The Places API price consists of two parts: price of request you executed and the data price. The price of request is $17 / 1000. In addition you can get some data for free and some data for additional cost depending on the list of fields that you provided. There is no Google Places API for free, you always pay at least the request.
Have a look at Google Maps Platform pricing sheet for more details:
https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/sheet/
Also official documentation states:
Data requests generate a charge in addition to the cost of the Places request. Data charges are always in tandem with the Places requests.
source: https://developers.google.com/maps/billing/understanding-cost-of-use#data-skus
I hope this clarifies your doubt.
In addition to the answer of Xomena, you may cap your request up until your free credits are consumed, upon setting up your billing account, you will be entitled to have one time $300 free credit (Usable for any Google Cloud Platform products) and a monthly recurring $200 free credit (Exclusive for Google Maps API only), so you can still use the API without being billed.
Capping API Usage:
Go to the GCP Console APIs & Services Dashboard
page.
From the projects list, select a project.
Click the name of the API you're interested in.
Click Quotas.
On the quota line you want to change, click the edit icon, then enter your preferred total quota, up to the limit specified by Google.
Based on my calculation, assuming that you are only using Place Details, you can call up to 11764 requests(w/ basic data) per month using your $200 free credit, I did not include the $300 credit in my computation as this is not recurring every month and this will be up to you on how you will spread the $300 free credit.
I have one real website using google map and It is binded with several domains. Each domain serves for a separated group of client.
Google map announces new policy updates that apply from 11th june 2018 that decrease free limit usage from 25K map loads per day to 28K map load per month
My questions is Can I use map api key which generated from separated google account to increase free usage ?
I have read this question carefully use multiple Google Maps API Keys for same server?
But link seems broken and I can't find relevant information as answer on that question or some other questions too
In my case, although my sites have the same code based and IP, however they works like different sites on shared hosts. One more thing, Google assigns free usage based on account (not google map key) so I think I can use multiple account to increase limit
So can I do this ? I don't want to break Google rules and I appreciate for any comment
You can not since is against Google terms, please check section 3.2.4.e in this link https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms/#16-limitation-of-liability.
No Circumventing Fees. Customer will not circumvent the applicable Fees. For example, Customer will not create multiple billing accounts or Projects to avoid incurring Fees; prevent Google from accurately calculating Customer’s Service usage levels; abuse any free Service quotas; or offer access to the Services under a “time-sharing” or “service bureau” model.
I'm not sure if it's against the rules:
Google Maps guy said here, that it's OK https://twitter.com/GMapsPlatform/status/1001061642363461633
According to this link :
Google price guide
Google has changed it's prices from 11 June.
Is that mean using google map SDK for mobile devices is no longer free ?
Yes and no.
You'll need an API key and a valid billing method. That being said, the first 200$ (I assume USD) of usage is free
We’ve heard that you want simple, easy to understand pricing that
gives you access to all our core APIs. That’s one of the reasons we
merged our Standard and Premium plans to form one pay-as-you go
pricing plan for our core products. With this new plan, developers
will receive the first $200 of monthly usage for free. We estimate
that most of you will have monthly usage that will keep you within
this free tier.
From https://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/introducing-google-maps-platform.html
After that, your credit card will be charged. To estimate your usage you can refer to this pricing table: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/sheet/
All the below points are taken from the official documentation.
#Marco's answer is correct on one point: you need an API key to have full access to the service.
Also, in June 2016 we announced that we would stop supporting keyless usage, meaning any request that doesn’t include an API key or Client ID. This will go into effect on June 11th, and keyless access will no longer be supported. At that time, keyless calls to the Maps JavaScript API and Street View API will return low-resolution maps watermarked with “for development purposes only.” Keyless calls to any of the following APIs will return an error: Maps Static API (including Static Street View), Directions API, Distance Matrix API, Geocoding API, Geolocation API, Places API, Roads API, and Time Zone API.
Here they are talking about the Javascript API but I could not find contradictory information about other APIs (iOS, Android) so I believe this applies to all APIs.
About billing
This page says the following:
Is a credit card or billing account required?
Yes. Even though the first $200 a month is free, we ask for your credit card or billing account to cover any amount you spend over this free credit. When you’re billed, we'll credit your account for the first $200 of monthly usage. If your estimated usage will be above $200 a month and you don’t have a credit or debit card to set up a billing account, a local Google Maps Partner may be able to help.
In other words: YES, you need a billing account and a credit card (or a Google Maps Partner).
This page is the guide for existing users and it says:
Is a credit card or billing account required?
Even though your first $200 of monthly usage is free, all Google Cloud Platform services require a credit card and billing account, to cover any amount you spend over this free credit. If you are billed, we'll credit your account for the first $200 of monthly usage. If you choose not to add a billing account, there is a risk that if your usage exceeds $200 in a given month, your Maps API implementation will be degraded or other API requests will return an error. If your estimated usage will be above $200 a month and you don't have a credit or debit card to set up a billing account, a local Google Maps Partner may be able to help.
In other words: NO, existing users don't need a billing account although it's strongly advised to have one.
Clarification is needed from Google! Hopefully this topic will get updated soon.
To add to the other answers, pricing is different for the "google map SDK for mobile devices", aka Mobile Native Dynamic/Static Maps for Android and iOS (which you mentioned in your question, and it's tagged with).
From the Google Maps pricing sheet, it seems that all use of the Mobile Native APIs is free, while the traditional (web based) Dynamic and Static maps are chargeable as others described above.
$200 MONTHLY CREDIT EQUIVALENT FREE USAGE: Unlimited loads
0—100,000 MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (PRICE PER THOUSAND CALLS): $0.00
100,001-500,000 MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (PRICE PER THOUSAND CALLS): $0.00
And it's possible to add usage caps to force your usage of the web-based (chargeable) APIs to stay within the free tier. This does mean that your maps will stop working if your users cause you to exceed the usage caps, but at least you won't be charged.
There is a free tier for up to $200 of usage, which most users won't pass I believe. So, small businesses won't be affected.
Read more here: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/user-guide/pricing-changes/
However, there's still no clarity on whether a Billing Account has to be set up with a valid Credit/Debit Card to get a new API Key. Google has a transition tool in place for those who already have the API key and are using it in their projects.
I'm a web developer and many of my clients are using GMaps on their website to show their business address. Not sure what Billing Account I'll have to use for all of them, because they're all finished projects and the client expects the maps to continue working as is. I can't possibly set the billing in my name and risk getting a huge bill some day. The current clients and the future clients have to be made aware of this new update. I concur it's like setting up a GSuite / Adwords account for your client.
OpenLayers is a good alternative for google maps sdk, if you absolutely want a map.
It is free and does not require any account. It worked for me!
You can refer to the below link: https://openlayers.org/en/latest/doc/quickstart.html
I have developed an online ticketing application that uses a simple form integration - it's been running successfully for some years.
I have been asked to extend this so that it can be used for phone payments.
The reason for this is that the ticketing application has a great many options before the final price is arrived at so the people taking the call could use the same software (with minor modifications).
I can't see any options in the integrations for doing anything like this. It's all for customer payments.
Can anybody tell me if this is possible (and if so, how)?
Here's my understanding. It comes down to AccountType when you make your request to Sage Pay.
That accepts three different values:
E - use ecommerce account
M - use MOTO (mail order/telephone order) account
C - use continuous authority account.
Depending on your merchant bank and what you requested when you set up your merchant accounts, you'll have a merchant account for each. Sage Pay will send your request to the correct merchant account. This is key because if you use M, you'll not be expected to use 3D secure for the card - and the expectation is that it will be you processing the card, not the customer.
How do popular routing gps/phones/mapping web sites update their route information?
And do any phones send back data based on the users actual trip to allow the system to update route information?
What do you mean with "route information"? The map data they use to calculate routes is usually provided by companies Like NavTeq. They provide updates to the data on a regular base.
Concerning data collected by users, TomTom provides so called "IQ routes" which are based on actual traffic data. Meaning when you travel at 5am the system will likely suggest a different route compared to travelling during rush hour.
The required data was collected by the TomTom systems but AFAIK users have to manually upload it to TomTom or at least agree to provide the data when they do an online update of their system.
The two major players in this world are TeleAtlas, a TomTom subsidiary and NavTeq, a Nokia subsidiary.
IMO TomTom/TeleAtlas has the most advanced system. They operate a real-time system for measuring traffic flows, HD traffic. This takes into account data from other HD Traffic users, but also anonymixed data extracted from the GSM network. Now, in addition to the real-time view this provides, TeleAtlas also compiles a statistical average out of this; TomTom sells that as IQ routes.
Now it follows logically that if there's a lot of new traffic across a river, then probably someone built a bridge there ;)
In addition to HD Traffic and IQ Routes, TomTom also allows their users to report map erros and updates with MapShare. For many classes of changes (e.g. one-way roads or blocked roads, or changed roadnames), TomTom can use MapShare to immediately distribute updates for their maps without issuing a full map update. As a TomTom subsidiary, TeleAtlas presumably has access to these reported updates as well.