Hi Brasten,
if you can't or don't want to use the Google or Yahoo apis I
suggest you go to the company that actually provides the mapping and
directions data to both of them. The company is called Telcontar.
They offer a developers zone where you can play with their api but
unlike Yahoo! and Google they actually charge for the data if you
want to use it in a production environment. In addition, once you are
ready to go live with your app, you will have to install and run
their mapping server on your own server. The software runs on all
popular flavors of Linux/UNIX as well as Windows Server.
For more information go to: http://www.telcontar.com/developers/
index.html
Cheers,
Tim
On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:52 AM, Brasten Sager wrote:
Anyone know where I can find information and building a mapping/
directions engine similar to Google Maps? Specifically, I'm
interesting in building a vehicle routing engine that will take
multiple addresses and produce an optimal route map. It seems that
every ma-and-pa shop these days is coming up with mapping
capabilities, so I'm hoping maybe it isn't as difficult as I would
have imagined?
Alternatively, I would take any recommendations on a web service or
other Ruby-compatible engine that would produce the same
information either for free or very cheap.
-Brasten
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