Data is the next Intel Inside (Yahoo! Maps)
March 14, 2010 at 3:25 am 7 comments
In order to provide a successful Web 2.0 service, it is important for the providers to design an advance database system by using SQL database queries, which is widely used by most providers such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon and more. According to O’Reilly at here: “Database management is a core competency of Web 2.0 companies, so much so that we have sometimes referred to these applications as “infoware” rather than merely software.” Therefore, data is the next Intel Inside.
Yahoo! Maps is a free online mapping portal provided by Yahoo!, which allows user to search for a location, store a list of commonly used street addresses in Address Book, showing live traffic conditions by using traffic incident markers, find business and other points of interest nearby a location by using SmartView, and also provide driving directions by displaying on the map or simple text.
Recently, Yahoo! Maps has released a new and improved version which is called Yahoo! Local Maps. It is written using AJAX where provides new features such as drag-gable maps, multi-point driving directions, widgets and satellite imagery.
Yahoo! Maps indicates in their Terms of Use that data provided are only for personal use and not for resale. It is protected by copyright, and it’s provided by licensors such as NAVTEQ, United States Postal Service, Cartifact and more providers.
Yahoo! Maps also provides web services through the Yahoo! Maps Developer APIs which allows user to embed their interactive maps into their web and desktop applications.
In my opinion, Yahoo! Maps and Google Maps are quite similar. It just depends on which platform or providers does the user feels comfortable to use with.
Here’s some tips on how to use the Yahoo! Maps:
Reference links:
Yahoo! Maps – http://maps.yahoo.com/
Data is the Next Intel Inside – http://oreilly.com/pub/a/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html?page=3
Entry filed under: Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Applications. Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Maps, Web 2.0, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Maps.
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Anthony Nicolaides | March 14, 2010 at 7:20 pm
You might like to have a look at OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/). Its similar to Yahoo maps, but is open source, so anyone can update it. It comes with a nice API too.
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Kok Poh Lim | March 14, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Thanks Anthony, didn’t know that open source map can be that good! Hopefully in near future we can log in and create traces ourselves with mobile and upload it to allow people or friends to view it instantly. That would be very nice.
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Kelly Kang | March 15, 2010 at 8:04 am
Yes, there are many similiar applications out there. The users have their own choices on which platform they prefer to use. That is the power of Web 2.0. User is the central point of all applications
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gavinlindsayjones | March 17, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Thanks Kokpoh,
Do you have any statistics on how Yahoo Maps compares against Google Maps?
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Kok Poh Lim | March 19, 2010 at 6:12 pm
As you can see with the link below, Google Maps usage is 98.46% while Yahoo! Maps is 1.54%.
This is quite a surprise.
http://trends.builtwith.com/mapping
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kimi | March 21, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Hi there,
Google always is one of best example of data sharing and collective. I think people always use google maps and yahoo maps. I have found some other mapping tools such as multimap (http://www.multimap.com/). It works with Bing and other external partners with can represents the web 2.0 patterns of Data is the next Intel Inside.
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Kok Poh Lim | March 22, 2010 at 3:11 am
I agree. Take a look at Rebecca’s blog post at:
http://lairebecca.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/17/
She did quite a good job blogging about multimap.