mapping Commercial or Public, It’s still all about the data March 15, 2006 by admin | Leave a Comment My day job at the City of Portland lets me work with really cool data. Take a look at PortlandMaps for example. It has several dozen different datasets all rolled into one easy to navigate interface. The mapping GUI and speed is not up to today’s standards of AJAX based map viewers (yet), but the […] Read more »
mapping Google Maps vs. Yahoo Maps vs. MapQuest – API’s March 10, 2006 by admin | Leave a Comment Since Google Maps launched their API allowing developers to use their mapping service to draw their own data, Yahoo has tried to play catchup with their own API. Well now with MapQuest’s announcement of their new API, it’s now a three way. Which one to choose? Google Maps API Pros: Fluid interface, brilliant looking map […] Read more »
mapping Mashups getting mashed by data providers March 8, 2006 by admin | Leave a Comment Brian Flood has a piece on mashup fragility, and in particular our plight after Yahoo’s recent updates to their geocoder api. Then there is the article on the risk of mashups that kicked things off. I think I have already said all that needs to be said on the issue, or have I? Mashups are […] Read more »