Yahoo! Maps? You Dont Have to Ask.
I’m very happy to announce tonight that we have lifted many of the restrictions associated with the Yahoo! Maps APIs. Until today, the APIs were available only for non-commercial use unless you applied for an exception. The concept of commercial and non-commercial has gone away and exceptions are no longer necessary in most cases. We have given you explicit Usage Policies to help guide you.
Whether on your business website, blog or personal site, you no longer have to ask for permission. Feel free to:
- Build Mashups and use our Maps for personal or business use as long as the applications are free of charge and under the rate limit.
- Link to Yahoo! Maps or Driving Directions to your heart’s content.
- Include advertising on the same page or site where you display Yahoo! Maps.
There is still a Usage Policy so make sure to have a look at that.
Finally, please make sure to register your application because we love to see all the exciting stuff you’re doing with our APIs. Should you ever need an exception for any reason the first step is to register your app with us.
Vince Maniago & The Yahoo! Maps Team
June 13th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
[…] Yahoo! Maps has just dropped most of the commercial usage restrictions. (Granted, getting an “exception” was pretty easy before, mostly to make sure that you didn’t get accidentally blocked, but now, it’s even easier.) […]
August 10th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Is there a way to license Yahoo Maps Ajax and/or Flash API for use within an existing “pay for” site that has a mapping component?
August 18th, 2006 at 6:13 am
This is great, but what about Local Search, why is that still restricted to non-commercial use?
Any idea when or if Local Search might be allowed for commercial uses similar to the other APIs? Thx.
September 24th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Ya why is that only available to non-commercial use?
January 10th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
cyclic vomiting