[djb_hackernews]

As someone who runs a service where a google map is THE interface, I don't think these rates are all that bad considering how powerful of a tool gmaps is. However, my service doesn't come close to the 25k required before billing comes in to the picture.

I do wonder what the people behind padmapper.com think, which most likely will get charged and has a similar gmap as the service interface.

The really interesting cases will be things like Yelp, where the map is a small feature to the overall service. At 1.5M page views/day that's $1,500 per day...

[ericd]

As the person behind PadMapper (http://www.padmapper.com), this isn't the best news I've gotten this week.

What's yours?

[djb_hackernews]

Hi Eric! I run http://impromptudo.com. Though it's been neglected. Obviously PadMapper is/was a huge influence on my project, keep up the good work.

Any plans for your next move? New map provider? Pony up?

[ericd]

Haha very cool idea! There's even stuff happening near me, amazingly enough.

Not sure yet, have to look at the options.

[JimmyL]

Congrats on PadMapper - it's a fantastic service, and makes looking for an apartment in a new city infinitely easier.

This doesn't help much in this situation, but thanks for all your work on it; I can't think of a single person in my social circle who's moved recently and hasn't used it.

[ericd]

Still nice to hear, thanks very much :-) Notes from happy users make a really big difference.

[milkshakes]

tyvm for padmapper! fwiw i would definitely pay for your service, especially the bookmarks/favorites feature. it rules.

[ericd]

You're welcome! And, I'll keep that in mind :-) I'm almost certainly going to leave the favorites and everything else there free, though. I'll come up with something.

[megaman821]

It would be fairly ironic if Yelp has to pay, seeing as how Google uses Yelp ratings in their maps freely and wants to charge Yelp to use maps on their site.