Hi all
We've been contacted out of the blue by Google stating that we are breaching their licensing because of the maps used in Observium;
--- email from Google ---
Hi Greg,
I hope you've been having a great week so far.
My name is Belle, and I work for Google Maps team based in Sydney.
We have an internal compliance team that conducts regular checks for
domains registering Google Maps usage that potentially violates our Terms
of Service.
The domain xxxxxxx.summitinternet.com.au <http://login.gogps.com.au/>
has been flagged
because it does not appear to be a publicly available website.
Under our Terms of Service, Google Map API is not to be used behind
firewall or with fees without a Maps for Work license.
Such use case includes internal, OEM, and asset tracking implementations.
Please find more information here
<https://developers.google.com/maps/terms#section_9_1>.
We highly appreciate your support for our solutions and I thought I'd reach
out to you to understand a little more about how you are using Maps before
the compliance team starts blocking the usage from the domains.
It would be great if we could discuss in regards to this matter over the
phone or if you could direct me to the right person who looks after such
domains?
Please advise the best contact number and time for me to reach out, your
time is much appreciated.
Best regards,
--
Belle Wipada Swetkamol| *Google* Maps for Work
<https://www.google.com/work/mapsearth/> | bwipada@google.com | +61 2 9566
6661
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Has anyone else experienced this???
Any way to get Observium to use another mapping source?
I figure it's going to be a suck it up and pay Google affair.
Thoughts?
Greg