Thanks for the reply.
I’m curious – Is there any way to work around this? For high-volume sites that display populated maps on every page, OSM does a great job and the price is right. But the search and directions don’t seem to work properly with OSM, so far that I can tell, unless I’m doing something wrong.
In a perfect world, we might be able to display live maps with OSM but still search w/ Goog as they do a stellar job.
Google also does a better job w/ lookups on the backend when placing pinpoints and finding streets and businesses.
Again, it’d be great to somehow be able to use both – to take advantage of free while paying for limited use when necessary.
PS. My site is pretty much dead now with only a few thousand visitors per day – but if I was back getting >1MM visitors per month, the google pricing would take a lot of my profits.