Comments on: Battle of the Map APIs http://freepressblog.org/blog/2006/11/27/battle-of-the-map-apis/ I was syncing my Facebook status here for a while, but now I'm boycotting them over the FriendConnect fiasco... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: dan http://freepressblog.org/blog/2006/11/27/battle-of-the-map-apis/#comment-5532 dan Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:25:31 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2006/11/27/battle-of-the-map-apis/#comment-5532 We could use Yahoo! maps, it's not that big of a deal both are so the same. Opinion: Although Y! Maps has a better API from the beginning it still was second out of the gate and most likely learned and opened up more to increase adoption. G Maps had something really open when it first came out so it had nothing to compare it to. I'm limiting myself to the little knowledge about their ajax maps. Maybe it was different way back and Y! actually had an API well before G maps. We could use Yahoo! maps, it’s not that big of a deal both are so the same.

Opinion: Although Y! Maps has a better API from the beginning it still was second out of the gate and most likely learned and opened up more to increase adoption. G Maps had something really open when it first came out so it had nothing to compare it to.

I’m limiting myself to the little knowledge about their ajax maps. Maybe it was different way back and Y! actually had an API well before G maps.

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