On 01/04/2007, at 6:06 AM, Brady Forrest wrote:
They want industry-wide geo questions. Go for it. We have until EOD
Monday.
Easy one.
"How do you expect to remain relevant in the face of Google Earth,
Virtual Earth, and the upcoming technologies that have nothing to do
with Web 2.0, can't be displayed by AJAX, and require standalone
programs that have access to hardware acceleration?"
I can't even see that MapQuest have anything to do with geo-*...
taking maps from paper and showing them in a web browser isn't
something that puts them in the forefront of technology. Kind of like
Deepfish, really. Maybe MapQuest can add a mouse wheel!
The real story for geowanking technologies are based on OpenGL ES in
the browser, what happens after Flash 9, and virtual machines where
full programs can be safely run without the nappy shield of the web
browser.
VRML died, but it will come back in some form. All current projects
based around geomapping are being stifled by up-front
standardisation, so we'll see innovation from people who break all
the rules.
Steve.
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