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 »
mapping Geocoder updates March 5, 2006 by admin | Leave a Comment As a result of Yahoo Maps rolling back some functionality in their geocoder, I have had to get rid of a couple of features on the batch geocoder. First, you will no longer be able to lookup associated 9 digit zip codes for your address list. I am not sure how many of you were […] Read more »
mapping Yahoo disables JSON output on geocoding API March 3, 2006 by admin | 1 Comment on Yahoo disables JSON output on geocoding API Word is that Yahoo will soon disable the JSON output format for their geocoding API, the REST based geocoder will remain. What does this mean? Well the JSON api is what makes tools like our batch geocoder possible. Without it I would need to use a server side proxy, meaning requests going to Yahoo would […] Read more »