Noisen and here have the facility to add the Google Maps feature into your profile so you can indicate where you live (if you so choose), and there's a mod or two on sm.org for it.
We talked about it being core, but whether it is or whether it is a plugin in the end is up for debate but that's not what's prompted me to post.
I discovered this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/27/google_maps_api_no_longer_free/
I'm not sure whether we're using the API or not, though I suspect we are - which means the game has changed slightly, and not for the better. 25k calls a day may sound like a lot but on a popular site, I can envisage plenty more.
We talked about it being core, but whether it is or whether it is a plugin in the end is up for debate but that's not what's prompted me to post.
I discovered this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/27/google_maps_api_no_longer_free/
I'm not sure whether we're using the API or not, though I suspect we are - which means the game has changed slightly, and not for the better. 25k calls a day may sound like a lot but on a popular site, I can envisage plenty more.