Comments on: SXSW Gem #2: Mapstraction http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/13/sxsw-gem-2/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Andrew Turner http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/13/sxsw-gem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-95454 Andrew Turner Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:00:18 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/13/sxsw-gem-2/#comment-95454 Mapstraction is actually relatively mature. It supports most of the major provider - and more being added soon. Reuters uses it for their Labs maps, and it's also used in numerous other plugins (GeoPress), sites (Mapufacture) and tools. (Ym4r-Mapstraction) Mapstraction is actually relatively mature. It supports most of the major provider - and more being added soon. Reuters uses it for their Labs maps, and it’s also used in numerous other plugins (GeoPress), sites (Mapufacture) and tools. (Ym4r-Mapstraction)

]]> By: joost schreve http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/13/sxsw-gem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-49181 joost schreve Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:21:59 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/03/13/sxsw-gem-2/#comment-49181 I am the founder of www.everytrail.com and this looks definitely interesting to us. Of course it very much depends on the implementation. We have built rich editing capilities on top of google maps so our users can edit and annotate maps. We would need to evaluate how switching the map provider would affect the user interface and of we needed to recreate these features. We'll keep an eye on Mapstraction! I am the founder of http://www.everytrail.com and this looks definitely interesting to us.

Of course it very much depends on the implementation. We have built rich editing capilities on top of google maps so our users can edit and annotate maps. We would need to evaluate how switching the map provider would affect the user interface and of we needed to recreate these features.

We’ll keep an eye on Mapstraction!

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