{"id":2365,"date":"2026-10-20T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/google-maps-terms-and-openstreetmap\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:40:21","slug":"google-maps-terms-and-openstreetmap","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/google-maps-terms-and-openstreetmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Platform terms and using OpenStreetMap instead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GeoDirectory can show its maps with Google Maps or with OpenStreetMap, and you choose which at GeoDirectory > Settings > General. If Google&#8217;s terms, pricing or billing requirement do not suit your site, you can switch to OpenStreetMap without changing your listings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Maps Platform terms are an agreement between you and Google, and they change over time. We cannot give legal advice on them, so read the current terms on Google&#8217;s site and ask a lawyer if you are unsure whether your directory fits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Switch to OpenStreetMap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to GeoDirectory > Settings > General and click Show Advanced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Map Settings, set Maps API to OpenStreetMap API.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaving the Google Maps API KEY field empty also makes GeoDirectory use OpenStreetMap. The other Maps API options are Automatic, which loads Google first and falls back to OpenStreetMap if Google does not load, Google Maps API only, and Disable Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your listings keep their latitude and longitude, so markers appear in the same places. Some features differ between the two, such as address autocomplete and map styles. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/differences-between-the-google-maps-and-openstreetmap-apis\/\">Differences between the Google Maps and OpenStreetMap APIs<\/a> lists them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mixing the two<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some sites keep Google for turning addresses into coordinates and use OpenStreetMap to display maps. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/code-snippets\/use-google-for-geocoding-and-openstreetmaps-for-map-displays\/\">Use Google for GeoCoding and OpenStreetMaps for map displays<\/a> has the snippet. Whether that combination is allowed is again down to Google&#8217;s terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoDirectory can show its maps with Google Maps or with OpenStreetMap, and you choose which at GeoDirectory > Settings > General. If Google&#8217;s terms, pricing or billing requirement do not suit your site, you can switch to OpenStreetMap without changing your listings. Google Maps Platform terms are an agreement between you and Google, and they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[211,432],"class_list":["post-2365","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-tips-tricks-more","gd_placecategory-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2365\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}