http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/08/18/google-maps-under-attack/ Onward! Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/08/18/google-maps-under-attack/#comment-1324 Sacha Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:53:00 +0000 http://sacha.labourey.com/?p=387#comment-1324 agreed, Google was key in promoting the Web as a full-fledge delivery mechanism. agreed, Google was key in promoting the Web as a full-fledge delivery mechanism.

]]> http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/08/18/google-maps-under-attack/#comment-1323 Michael Neale Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:27:23 +0000 http://sacha.labourey.com/?p=387#comment-1323 Well assuming the tech existed at the levels of scalability that was needed for the user experience, sure (I don't know if it was) but what impressed me is the chutzpah to (way back then) decide that they *will* deliver it through the web, and that it would be awesome. I guess that is an achievement of vision and believe more then R&D, true. Well assuming the tech existed at the levels of scalability that was needed for the user experience, sure (I don’t know if it was) but what impressed me is the chutzpah to (way back then) decide that they *will* deliver it through the web, and that it would be awesome. I guess that is an achievement of vision and believe more then R&D, true.

]]> http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/08/18/google-maps-under-attack/#comment-1322 Sacha Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:06:01 +0000 http://sacha.labourey.com/?p=387#comment-1322 ... to put that in perspective: I am not saying that Google Maps is bad, I guess you understood through my post that I think they are clearly the best today and none of the existing "alternatives" gets anywhere close to what Google provides. That being said, I am not "impressed" by the amount of innovation coming out of a 2.8 billion USD R&D budget, especially given all of the acquisitions they did on top of that budget. … to put that in perspective: I am not saying that Google Maps is bad, I guess you understood through my post that I think they are clearly the best today and none of the existing “alternatives” gets anywhere close to what Google provides. That being said, I am not “impressed” by the amount of innovation coming out of a 2.8 billion USD R&D budget, especially given all of the acquisitions they did on top of that budget.

]]> http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/08/18/google-maps-under-attack/#comment-1321 Sacha Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:52:28 +0000 http://sacha.labourey.com/?p=387#comment-1321 Com'on Michael, providing a web client to an existing technology (the hard part IMO is to define the streaming tech and protocol as well as the fast database processing, not the client itself) would have taken two months of your time ;) Com’on Michael, providing a web client to an existing technology (the hard part IMO is to define the streaming tech and protocol as well as the fast database processing, not the client itself) would have taken two months of your time

]]> http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/08/18/google-maps-under-attack/#comment-1320 Michael Neale Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:47:53 +0000 http://sacha.labourey.com/?p=387#comment-1320 Hey Sacha - apparently Google Maps didn't start out as the awesome tool for the web - although some of the tech and the muscle was aquired (in my fine city of Sydney, no less) - the idea and effort (both immense) to make it work on the web in any browser was all google engineering might. Nothing to sneeze at. Hey Sacha – apparently Google Maps didn’t start out as the awesome tool for the web – although some of the tech and the muscle was aquired (in my fine city of Sydney, no less) – the idea and effort (both immense) to make it work on the web in any browser was all google engineering might. Nothing to sneeze at.

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