On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> <img
> src="/cgi-bin/mqinterconnect.exe?city=<%=request("city")%>&state=<%=request(
> "state")%>">
It looks like mqinterconnect is a product that you have to pay for? I've
had a lot of successes today. I got Personal Web Server downloaded and
installed (yay!), Successfully ran a test ASP page (yay!), created a hard
link to a MapQuest map (yay!), created an ASP link slightly like the one
above, as well, but using their "freelink" program, and not by showing a
map directly on my page. Looks like I'll have to inquire of their sales
department about mqinterconnect. (Directionsmag probably has people
sending them product to test all the time. That happens to me only every
now and then.)
My goal is to web & map-enable a nationwide database of trash
incinerators. This is for a very non-profit non-profit.
(If there is anyone here who would consider providing aerial photographs
of incinerator locations to this very non-profit non-profit, I'd be
pleased. I'm working as a volunteer with an organization called Work on
Waste. So far it's a virtual relationship, but I'll be helping them in
person to set up a web site next month. Environmentalists need maps and
map-enabled applications. Free and donated is good. Good ideas welcome
too, like the one above, even though I couldn't immediately get that one
working.)
Margie
> This way the map can be returned directly within your page. I did something
> like this with MapXtreme a while ago at
> http://www.directionsmag.com/devel/mapredirect.asp by redirecting to the
> image on the server. And more recently with MapObjects IMS at
> http://www.directionsmag.com/devel/comap.asp by writing the image/gif mime
> header and image directly to the browser.
>
> Anyway, it's a lot of fun and a very neat environment to work with (ASP).
>
>
> Rob Martinson
> Directions Magazine
> http://www.directionsmag.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jane Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 11:45 AM
> To: 'Marjorie Roswell'; 'Mapinfo'
> Subject: RE: MI More internet thoughts
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You can use MapQuest's custom mapping/routing CGIs that run on client
> side servers. When I was working there, I had clients a few clients
> using ASP and ColdFusion. Mostly NT clients were using those
> applications--and increasingly each day.
>
> The only problem with the MQ CGI is that it must call/display the map
> through the path of the cgi (i.e.
> http://your.site.com/cgi-bin/mqinterconnect.exe?city-seattle&state=WA)
> because the maps are returned in an encrypted string that only the map
> CGI can translate.
>
> When you're using ASP or ColdFusion, I believe you have to call your web
> pages through that specific CGI that is dynamically generating your
> sequential html pages (i.e.
> http://your.site.com/cgi-bin/myprogram.asp?blah or
> http://your.site.com/cgi-bin/myprogram.cfs?blah).
>
> So...one way to deal with that is to create a virtual browser session to
> request the maps from and take the returned snip of html code containing
> the map from that session to paste into your .asp of .cfs generated web
> page. The downfall to that is that it creates yet another loop, so you
> take a few more milliseconds waiting for your returned map request.
>
> I've worked with Vicinity's mapping software too. (competitor of MQ)
> Vicinity, I believe, uses ETAK data versus MQ uses mostly GDT (where
> data is limited, they use other sources...USDB, TIGER, ...). I think
> aesthetically, MQ's map look nicer. One thing I prefer about Vicinity
> though is that it is written in Perl and thus, uncompiled. MQ is
> written in C and compiled. Vicinity can run on Linux!! :-) A BIG PLUS!
> MQ only supports NT, SunSolaris and IRIX platforms with an IIS, netscape
> client(last I heard anyway).
>
> Well, I'm just about to get my hands on some of this MapXtreme
> Stuff...then I'll be able to compare and contrast the usability of MI's
> products compared to MQ and Vicinity.
>
> Oh, MQ's latest product is the MQ server. They actually package up and
> sell the map generator server (quite expensive!) so that you don't have
> to wait each time for your CGI to call their servers and for them to
> return a map. With the MQ server, you serve yourself your own maps so
> the draw time is much quicker not having to go through the network--this
> also allows for you to host your own static geocoded points of
> interest(database) when doing more than just on-the-fly geocoding.
> www.yahoo.com is the first and only client I know of that uses this new
> product. Excite.com still uses just the custom CGI that MQ sells to
> everyone else. Smaller sites like www.innsandouts.com, www.chevron.com,
> www.avis.com have typical implementations of the MQ custom CGI.
>
> Other new features MQ's finally accommodating are proximity searching
> based on non-geographic data. (i.e. show me the closest 10 restaurants
> to ZIP that serve Chinese food and miniature golf).
> Vicinity has been doing that for a while, but then, Vicinity does most
> of the customization and hosts the mapping portion of the sites for
> their clients. whereas MQ allows the client to run the CGI and mapping
> templates all on their own server.
>
> well, I have rambled on here and I could ramble for a while longer, but
> I don't really have any direction here. Perhaps I've opened up some new
> doors of interest and curiosity for some of you.
>
> --Jane Jones
>
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