How “open” should mapping APIs be? Adam DuVander, MapScripting.com @adamd KAMYAR ADL

6,000 years and still #1 World Map, 1513

new VEMap('mymap'); new YMap(document.getElementById('mymap')); new GMap2(document.getElementById('mymap'));

FreeEarth Google Map24 MapQuest Microsoft MultiMap OpenLayers OpenSpace OpenStreetMap ViaMichelin Yahoo new Mapstraction('mymap', 'yahoo');

“The wrapper APIs are needed for developers who want everything.” WEB09 Pamela Fox, Google

GREG MA

“ Provide standard interfaces where functionality is standard. Innovate beyond that.” Andrew Turner, GeoCommons

MR. MATH

<video> tag

Is <map> next? maybe we’d call it <geo>

DALE LANE Nick Black, CloudMade “The problems arise when standards are created by committees who are divorced from the development or business processes. Standards should be driven by demand .”

TRACY HUNTER

How open should mapping APIs be? What do you think? LE VENT LE CRI Adam DuVander, MapScripting.com @adamd