From the email I received it states you must have a billing account to qualify for the $200 Free otherwise you won't be able to use it.
"In addition, this change will require you to enable billing and associate it with all of your Google Maps Platform projects. Creating a billing account helps us better understand your usage so we can continue developing helpful products."
If you don't add a billing account it:
"will return low-resolution maps watermarked with “for development purposes only.”"
"In addition, this change will require you to enable billing and associate it with all of your Google Maps Platform projects. Creating a billing account helps us better understand your usage so we can continue developing helpful products."
If you don't add a billing account it:
"will return low-resolution maps watermarked with “for development purposes only.”"
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