Has anyone recently communicated with a human at Google? A few weeks ago I tried emailing maps-api-usage-questions@.., but as expected they won't answer. We don't want to make assumptions about their Terms of Service. Here is what I asked:
When it comes to dynamically displaying Street View using a lat/lon obtained from a map click inside an ESRI (or any non-Google) web application, will Google allow either of the following scenarios?
1. Opening a new window containing only the street view by using this URL structure: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&layer=c&cbll=32.7211048,-97.1346032
No API is used for development in this case. If for some reason this is prohibited, what about dynamically generating a link inside my application containing the lat/lon parameters, so the user would just need to click on the link to open a new window?
2. Opening a new window containing both a Google Map and a Street View container, similar to this: http://www.geocodezip.com/v3_Streetview_lookAtC.html?location=40.720032,-73.988354&fov=90&heading=23...
If needed, I could automatically zoom to the location (in the 2D map), and then perhaps use the center spot in the Google Map as a determinant for loading the Street View right beside it.
Based on Google's restrictions, I don't see a specific reference to using direct URLs (rather than the Maps Javascript API + key) in a new window. And while it does specify a Google Map must be the source of the Street View location, there's nothing stating how the Google Map is used - manually or programmatically - to ultimately obtain the location.
