Kommentare zu: Excitement and frustration of Google Maps announcements http://soutschek.com/2008/05/17/excitement-and-frustration-of-google-maps-announcements/ explore and discover the world around and far away... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Von: Rob Coup http://soutschek.com/2008/05/17/excitement-and-frustration-of-google-maps-announcements/#comment-75 Rob Coup Sun, 18 May 2008 21:01:42 +0000 http://soutschek.com/2008/05/17/excitement-and-frustration-of-google-maps-announcements/#comment-75 You're not paying for the Google Maps API or the geodata so it seems you're still well ahead in the long-term equation. Lets say feature X costs $1K to develop. If it was your own mapping API or OpenLayers, it costs $1K as well. So if you need it now, you're gonna have to spend the $1K regardless. Now feature Y which you need in 6 months would also cost $1K. But Google add it before you need it, so you save $1K. Bonus. And you start ahead with the geodata and the initial API development, so there'll have to be a lot of "frustration" to get back square again. You’re not paying for the Google Maps API or the geodata so it seems you’re still well ahead in the long-term equation.

Lets say feature X costs $1K to develop. If it was your own mapping API or OpenLayers, it costs $1K as well. So if you need it now, you’re gonna have to spend the $1K regardless.

Now feature Y which you need in 6 months would also cost $1K. But Google add it before you need it, so you save $1K. Bonus.

And you start ahead with the geodata and the initial API development, so there’ll have to be a lot of “frustration” to get back square again.

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