Hi uberplodder, lol I said I would cop some criticsm for maintaining that logic tells me that we would not have done the exercise without charge particularly given the reference by birdman29.
"Jan13, 2011 " We have decided to offer a time based licence to all Government Departments and Emergency Services so they can make full use of our PhotoMaps."From http://nearmapceo.posterous.com/archive/1/2011
It sounds as if you have checked with the company given your statement "They have said that the free access is for a limited time only." If thats the case fair enough and my judgement on the issue is wrong.
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