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Following Google's Example - Street View Service I was able to make a very simple map to get myself started. I haven't signed up for an API Key though.

Tutorials I've read such as Tutsplus - Getting creative with the Google Maps API says it should be the first step.

That I should have a line:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY_GOES_HERE&sensor=true"></script>

But at least in this initial example from Google it works just fine with:

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp"></script>

I read:

But they don't really answer my more generalized question. When is it needed that I signup for the API Key? What limitations do I face by not signing up and just using the ..js?v=3.exp instead? Is there some other thing I should be using... one of those two SO questions mentions ...maps/api/js?sensor=false for example?

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Ryan
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You don't need an API key but it allows you to monitor your application. Also you'll need an API key if you want to take a license.

Source : https://developers.google.com/maps/signup

Frederic Le Feurmou
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