Kevin MacDonald - Anyone can make maps
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Kevin MacDonald presents differences between GIS and Consumer Mapping, different technologies available such as Google Maps, Open Street Maps and Bing for mapping and LBS applications for "Big Data" Maps
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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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