Comments on: Microsoft Acquires Multimap http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Richard http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7542 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:37:39 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7542 @J Wallis – ah, but Multimap does WGS84, in fact they’ve actually reprojected all the OS National Grid stuff… crazy guys ;)

]]> By: Simon http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7541 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:03:24 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7541 Commercial use – which API?
Ive fiddled around with GMaps and some of the tutorials (SQL & PHP interests me most) However the license agreement restricts me from delivering data to clients that require sensitive data to be restricted either by login or hosted on there Intranet.

Ive heard OpenLayers is restriction free but not too keen on the layout. Anyone have any recommendations ?

]]> By: london calling http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7540 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:07:32 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7540 Some level of OS data should be available for ‘non-commercial use’ in 2008. http://openspace.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/openspace/index.html This will be via via a Javascript API and include 1:50,000 and ‘Street View’ and a Gazeteer Service so you can look up all those “far away towns”… once the alpha testing has finished..

]]> By: kj http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7539 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:57:42 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7539 make that 5-7 times not %

]]> By: kj http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7538 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:26:29 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7538 $50M, that can’t be right can it? If a typical going rate for buying a company under normal conditions is 5-7% annual revenue, that would mean multi map was, totally tiny?

]]> By: J Wallis http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7537 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:45:48 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7537 but WGS84 is good enough for everybody!

]]> By: SIMON http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7536 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:41:36 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7536 another useful thing, before a lot of these online geocoders came about, was a quick and easy way to convert a few postcodes to xy British Nat Grid. Gives useful info about spatial position that GMaps doesn’t.

]]> By: Matthew Snape http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7535 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:38:12 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7535 For a long time Multimap was useful because it had OS raster mapping at 1:25,000. They now only have 1:50,000 base mapping which is not turned on be default. It looks to me that they are moving away from OS data. Without OS base mapping there is no real reason to use multimap. I guess this delivers microsoft a large customer base.

]]> By: J Wallis http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7534 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:09:18 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7534 @Richard

but didn’t you know, Google Maps is better than everything! Why would the UK not like WGS84? I mean, if it is good enough for the rest of the world, it surely is good enough for the UK!

]]> By: daethKiss http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7533 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:38:01 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-multimap/#comment-7533 Good article. I think Google maps is better than another programs because it is with high quality maps of everywhere.

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