Geocoding status OVER_QUERY_LIMIT for more than one requests per second

[Glenn A. Brownlee]

I am attempting to enable my application to make geocoding requests at a high rate using the V3 JS API. I have noticed that the first 10 geocode requests aren't throttled but all subsequent requests are limited to one per second. According to the feature description, I should have 10 per second (I have a premier account). Why are my requests throttled down so much? Also: What is the "Advanced Geocoding" mentioned in the above link? I am having a hard time finding documentation on this.

[Thor Mitchell]

The Geocoding Limits on that page relate specifically to the Geocoding API Web Service:

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/

The client side rate limiting in the JS API is the same for both the consumer and Premier API.

What's your use case? Generally speaking the JS API geocoder is best suited to handling user entered address queries in real time than performing high volume bulk geocoding.

Many thanks,

Thor.

[Glenn A. Brownlee]

Thank you for the clarifications.

Is there a way to make an agreement with Google for an increased per-
second-quota with a premier license using either the JS or the Web
Service API?

-Glenn-

[Thor Mitchell]

When you purchase a Maps API Premier license your rate limit for the Geocoding API web service increases from 5qps to 10qps, and your daily quota from 2,500 per day to 100,000 per day. You can also purchase additional qps capacity as an add-on. Contact the Maps API Premier Sales team for more details:

http://www.google.com/support/enterprise/bin/request.py?contact_type=gme

Many thanks,

Thor.

[Glenn A. Brownlee]

Thank you very much. We will get in touch with the sales team. However, I have one last question before we do so: Does the option to purchase additional qps capacity also apply to the JS API or only the Web Service?

-Glenn-