Hello, This seems to be more of a problem with the geocoding api than app engine, but I'm unable to get ahold of anyone on that team so I'll post here instead.
The new Geocoding API doesn't do any form of url signing or api keys for non-premier accounts and resorts to using IP address to control quotas. Since App Engine uses a shared IP pool, my app gets clumped in the quota limitations of other apps. This must be a somewhat frequent problem for other apps, since 90% of my geocoding attempts get an 'OVER_QUERY_LIMIT' message. These last few days, it has been closer to 100% at 500-600 queries spread out over an 15-20 hours. I'll add that I don't think using a pool of IPs is at all the issue. Any large scale deployment would be hitting the Geocoding API from a pool of IPs, and if the pool were dedicated to a single service, the service would be circumventing the Geocoding API quotas anyway. Is anyone else on the list having this issue? Have you been able to work with the geocoding team to get auth tokens that don't require having a premier account? joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
