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Following up on my recent post on mapping APIs, it appears Microsoft has straightened out its licensing and you can use Virtual Earth for commercial usage. Chandu writes

You can use the Virtual Earth APIs for free as long as you use the What/Where search boxes on your map. This is also makes sense from a revenue stand point since you will have the opportunity to make money by placing advertisements on your site in a revenue sharing model (more details to be announced at a later date)

Chandu also says that if you don’t want to abide by the above you can get a MapPoint.NET license and that will cover your usage. This is great news!

This entry was posted on Friday, September 9th, 2005 at 7:27 am and is filed under Logistics, Tech Ramblings, Web Services.