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Maps Part 1: The Problem

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on August 3, 2011

Robert Scoble has an interesting interview with Chandu Thota about The Dealmap (recently bought by Google). Although I completely take Thota’s point about APIs and 3rd parties, what strikes me is the apparently automatic assumption that using a map (and the now nearly ubiquitous Google API mashup) is the best way to show his data. […]

  • Tags: cartography, pins problem, UI
  • Categories: User Experience

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