title: Terms and Conditions Google Maps: Can I store lat/lng and address components?
body: <p>This question has been asked in a few places on SO, but I've found the answers to be either slightly contradictory or &quot;thin&quot;... so I'm not sure if asking again will help but here goes.</p>
  <p>The google &quot;help&quot; page says that the google team maintains a &quot;presence&quot; on SO, so if you are a google chap, please could you make this clear, and if you are not please also make this clear, thank you :)</p>
  <p>So, what I want to do...
  User searches for a set of locations. These will be used to form a travel itinerary. I want to take the lat/lng and the address components and store them in my own database so that when another uses search for trips in some country, some place etc etc I can go about finding them.</p>
  <p>The big question, does the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/terms" rel="noreferrer"><em><strong>terms of conditions</strong></em></a> allow this? The relevant bit that worries me is...</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><em><strong>10.1.3 Restrictions against Data Export or Copying.</strong></em></p>
  <p>... snip ...</p>
  <p>(b) No Pre-Fetching, Caching, or Storage of Content. <em><strong>You must not
  pre-fetch, cache, or store any Content</strong></em>, except that you may store: (i)
  limited amounts of Content for the purpose of improving the
  performance of your Maps API Implementation if you do so <em><strong>temporarily</strong></em>
  (and in no event for more than 30 calendar days), ...snip... For example,
  you must <em><strong>not use the Content to create an independent database of &quot;places&quot;
  or other local listings information</strong></em>.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Would what I want to do violate this. It sounds to me like it might, but then that renders the question, why would I use google maps for this kind of application? Other travel sites appear to?!</p>