[Google Maps API v2] Facebook and Google Static Maps API

Hi all,
I am coming to the conclusion that the Google Static Maps API is not
appropriate for use on a Facebook wall (at least not without a Google
Premier Licence).

What I believe is happening is that Facebook is caching images into
its own Content Delivery Network (links on your wall go to
platform.ak.fbcdn.net).

This implies that Facebook must retrieve the image - presumably from a
Facebook domain. Which means that the Facebook domain would very
quickly go over the 1000 queries/user/day limit.

Given that Facebook and Google are heavily competing this is not going
to be fixed any time soon.

So: any comments to this? Am I wrong? Web searches seem to indicate
similar problems.
Is there any way to get a Google Premier Licence on a pay as you go
basis?

Cheers,
Edward

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