By: Andrew
I hope this doesn’t make you too sad: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GPolygon. It was just announced on their official maps blog today.
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Kai- We did look at MapQuest for a brief moment and decided not to pursue that option. MapQuest used to be on the cutting edge of map technology once upon a time, but now … well, judge for yourself …:-)
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Thks really useful info…you say you discounted DeCarta because they weren’t offering a true web platform … can you expand on what you meant by that?
View ArticleBy: Sebastian Simsch
DeCarta is offering software to power web or even offline solutions, but they don’t own the contents, e.g. street data, photos, yellow-page information. That means that in order to implement DeCarta we...
View ArticleBy: Yong Bakos
Regarding mapquest, I actually went over to their office to complain about how badly they’ve fallen behind in their product offering, particularly with developers in mind. The Mapquest guys were open...
View ArticleBy: Yong Bakos
What about geocoding? Did you decide to use Microsoft’s offering to geocode your MLS data?
View ArticleBy: John
Thank you for your post, it helped me to see that my decision to go with Google was the right decision… Especially in regards to the two “Drawbacks developing with a web mapping platform” bullet...
View ArticleBy: Jim
Google SDK’s version control has me sold. It allows you to stick with a specific version regardless of an update at Google. This helps manage changes. You can move to the next release when you’re...
View ArticleBy: Justin Britt
@Yong – I’m commenting more than a year later than you, and Mapquest continues to fall farther and farther behind. I just don’t think they get it.
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