Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Do You Recommend Google Maps API or Microsoft Live Maps?

Posted by Zonk on from the two-options-many-permutations dept.

KSobby writes "The organization that I work for is going to be redoing our website in .Net/AJAX. On the site, our members will have profile pages listing where their organizations are located (our members are scattered throughout the world) as well as other pertinent information for the general public. It is a non-profit organization, so funds are tight. My question to you: If we include maps, which API do we go with: Google or Microsoft? We're in a Microsoft environment (we're non-profit and Microsoft basically gives us everything for free) but the ubiquity of Google may be enough to sway us. Has anyone used either extensively? Used them in conjunction with .Net?"

5 of 252 comments (clear)

  1. I let google answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=maps&btnG=Search

    1. Re:I let google answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Google really should hire an SEO expert.

  2. Re:go with google by BlowHole666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    As for Microsoft, they change their names and systems more often than I change my pants You must smell very bad :)
    --
    I smoked pot once. But I DID NOT inhale. Will you hire me?
  3. Re:Use Mapquest Posts by Applekid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think your giant string-concatenating code makes baby Blaise Pascal cry.

    --
    More Twoson than Cupertino
  4. Slashbot Rhyme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I make a dash to the Slash to the D-O-T
    Coz them news for nerds makes sense to me
    So let this serve as a warning to the spammers and trolls
    You may have a fat pipe but you ain't got bawls.

    There's a new manifesto by ESR
    And the stats of the watts of a hybrid car
    I gots love for Perens and miguel, et al
    And I voted CowboyNeal on the Slashdot Poll

    I'm Microsoft bashin' like every single day
    Coz the OS got holes and Exploder's teh gay
    Now SCO's talkin' trash so I give firefox a ride
    To reply as a Coward so I can hate on McBride

    I will flame you with language I won't say to your face
    And I bet you can't guess who gots all your base
    There's one way to know if your server is rotting
    Just post a link and you'll get a slashdotting

    You can mod me down coz I'm a karma whore
    And I'm a decorated veteran of a recent flame war
    Where they fought about an app with a K or a G
    And a heated debate on what was meant by "Free"

    As a slashbot, when Linux receives a threat,
    My palms begin to sweat and my evil bit is set
    You best believe I'll be posting a rant
    And I'll be surfin' Slashdot 'til my mom says I can't.