Requests – Google Maps API

[MarcMap]

Hello,

two questions regarding the Google Maps API:

1. The free version of the API is limited by 25000 requests a day. But what happens if this limit is reached?

2. What counts as request? At example: Loading a Map with 100 markers – Only the loading of the Map including all pins (icons) is one request or 100 requests?

Second example: Open a two markers to read the descriptions into the info-flyout. We are dealing here with two requests?

Do you have some inofrmation about the counting of the requests?

• This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by MarcMap.
• This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by MarcMap.

[Dylan]

Hi there,

Thank you so much for getting in touch with us.

Please find my responses below:
1. Once the request limit is reached the map will stop displaying, and a message will be displayed within the map container stating that something went wrong. That being said the odd’s of reaching 25000 requests a day are quite slim as requests as highly optimized in WP Google Maps.
2. In your example of 100 markers being loaded on the map page, only a single request is made. This is because we only request the map once, and then place markers on the map.

A request is measured by the amount of time the page is viewed in a day.

I hope this helps?

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