Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2004, Scott W Gifford wrote:
>
> > > Right now I'm leaning towards either keeping WWW::Map or going with
> > > WWW::MapService. I think the former is actually reasonably clear given
> > > the WWW namespace, which is all about interacting with web stuff, not
> > > generating HTML or anything like that.
> >
> > I like WWW::StreetMap, since that's exactly what they are, and is
> > short and unambiguous. I don't think WWW::MapService is much better
> > than WWW:Map, but then again I don't think WWW::Map is that bad. :)
>
> Calling it StreetMap would definitively remove the possibility of making
> links that aren't to actual addresses, which as someone pointed out, is
> possible with at least MapQuest.
I disagree. I can go to a local gas station and buy a street map of
Flint without knowing a particular address.
> You can plug in "Minneapolis, MN" and it'll give you a map of the
> area.
Right, but it will give you a street map of the area, as compared to a
topological map, a population map, or some other kind of map. I guess
if you were to type in an area with no streets ("Lake Michigan, MI";
"Mojave Desert, CA"; "The Moon") it wouldn't be much of a street map,
but I can't find a way to type that into MapQuest anyways. :)
----ScottG.
