Reverse geocoding using Google

[rolandgifford]

Anyone already using Google for reverse geocoding will already know this as they will have received the same emails as me. This post is intended for anyone considering starting to use Google.

Google reverse geocoding is a chargeable service but they have had a remarkably generous $200 per month free credit for some years. This equates to around 200,000 images per month at 0.5c each as IMatch does 2 calls per lookup. IMatch also optimises/reduces lookups by not asking again for every image where they are in the same place so it is actually more than 200,000 per month.

From next month this changes to a free monthly usage per call type which is still generous but not as generous as before.

In my case I simply need to change my workflow so that I do reverse geocoding after culling/editing rather than the first action after loading a batch of images. The old rules equated to effectively unlimited, the new rules are limited but still plenty.

[axel.hennig]

Interesting. Do you have somewhere a comparison of old vs new? Do you know the new limits?

[Mario]

https://developers.google.com/maps/billing-and-pricing/faq#pricing-sheet

When I read this correctly, you get 10,000 free requests (aka ~5,000 images), starting in March.
Which should be plenty for hobbyists, I suppose.

Above 10K, it's $5 per 1,000 requests.