I don't know much about ESRI, but Microsoft allows to get driving directions and distance in their JS API(definitely free), google and yahoo(I believe) do not. M$'s other web service API(not sure about price), which I have not used and not sure if CF can use it, is also very extensive. To me, more impressive than google/yahoo.
As for the name of each of these API's, I may have said Mappoint when I should have said Virtual Earth. There's also Windows Live Local, whew can they settle on one name!?! :) -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 2:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Zipcodes addresses and all that jazz Turetsky, Seth wrote: > I think it's free now the mappoint/whatever stuff was insanely expensive compared to the redlands folks. not to mention that these days esri's doing a lot of work in flex. ms's spatial stuff doesn't overly impress me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:250044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
