It doesn't matter if Yahoo has it. Google and Yahoo don't always use the same map data services. And they don't necessarily have the same service level agreements.
Neither produce their own map data, afaik. Both are at the mercy, currently, of their data providers, their data agreements, their ability to augment holes in the data with their own add-ons. There has apparently been a semi-serious revolution brewing in Google's Indian google maps offices, where they want WAY better maps for non-American and non-European countries. (google it if you want to follow along) A lot of engineers are spending their 20% time on this, and my understanding is there are a number of "grouplets" working on it. I am going to keep reading about this, as I am now interested. Jerry On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do a comparison with other mapping sites (Yahoo) and see if its lack of > information (Google should have the best as they have the best equipment > for > it) > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wow, there are only a handful of countries that appear to have NO > > information at all. > > > > Israel > > Azerbaijan > > Armenia > > Georgia > > Cypress > > Dominican Republic > > Turks and Caicos > > Bahamas > > Martinique > > Guyana > > Suriname > > French Guyana > > Argentina > > Falkland Islands > > North Korea > > South Korea > > > > Some of these are "disputed" from the standpoint of declarations of war, > or > > UN resolutions. > > > > But most are not. Is there a pattern, or just a lack of purchasable data, > > or > > is it just vendor holes? > > > > > > I've got bids on the Bahamas, if the above are up for grabs. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hm, Are they next? > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Armenia and Azerbaijan have nothing, either, FWIW > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
