Anyone can

DevTO30-Apr-2012

Kevin Macdonaldkmac@loxcel.com

make maps

Chef Gusteau

can cookAnyone

ConsumerMaps

!= GIS

+ AVM 2+ AS 3- Flex= Wow

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5 seconds?

3 seconds?

5 seconds?

Instantly!

3 seconds?

5 seconds?

Total Transfer Size & Total Requests

Nov Feb May Aug Nov Jan Apr2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012

httparchive.org

“SmallData”Map

“Big Data” Map

MarkerClusters

MarkerAttribute

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425,077 markers

Google PlacesAutocomplete

We hadn’t intended to release a [Maps] API.It wasn’t something we thought about.Blew our minds right off our shoulders.

Terms of Service

10.1.1 (c) No Reverse Engineering. You must not reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Service or any part thereof

Innovation is possible only when companies let you tinker with their creations. Too many good ideas are squandered, he says, because the tools needed to realize them are locked away: "To this day, there are very few technologies that are open."

Paul Rademacher

1. Consumers’ needs come first.2. Build for smartphone, then desktop.3. Load instantly; render progressively.4. Cluster Big Map data server-side.5. Use Google Places Autocomplete.6. Read licenses; consider open data.

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