Google Maps API2 will have Ads

New changes to the Google Map API:

• NO PAGE VIEW LIMITS "If, however, your site gets more than 500,000 page views per day, we ask that you talk to us before you launch so that we can prepare in advance to handle your traffic."
• 90-day notice before any advertising-related changes, ability to opt-out of ads on your maps
• custom map controls
• custom map types
• Much smaller JavaScript download "improves performance and stability"

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