Urgent: ESRI Javascript API and Google Maps Licence?

Question

Hi all
I've developed an application with javascript API and i used the google maps as basemap following the example  Google Maps Layer for ArcGIS JavaScript API 
My question is:  do i need a Google maps license to use google maps tiles in my web application 
Please tell me what i need to do?
Regards,

derekswingley1 · Answer

Can you give me the ESRI official decision for this subject
What's about the ArcGIS Extension for the Google Maps API?

There's nothing more to say. What you're asking is specific to Google's terms of service.

This forum is not an official support channel, it's purely for discussion.

The extender for Google Maps (which is no longer being maintained or updated) works because it is an extension to the Google Maps API. That product provided a way to use ArcGIS Server services on top of Google's v2 Maps API.

hcgis · Answer

Hi Derek
Can you give me the ESRI official decision for this subject
What's about the ArcGIS Extension for the Google Maps API?

derekswingley1 · Answer

As I understand it, Google's terms require that you use their API to access their map tiles. The sample you linked to above wraps the Google API. To me, this is a gray area. I'm not sure what Google would think of this. It technically seems like the method used in the sample is in line with Google's TOS but you probably want to have a lawyer interpret that.