Comments on: MapQuest Gets Traffic Information http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2008/03/mapquest-gets-traffic-information/ Just an average guy trying to drink above average beer. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2008/03/mapquest-gets-traffic-information/comment-page-1/#comment-5213 Mike Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:38:00 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=1348#comment-5213 The traffic thing has been going on their maps for a while. Unfortunately, any time of the day here in the Seattle area you can go to MapQuest, Microsoft Live Maps, and komotv.com/traffic and get 3 different answers on traffic at the moment, and none are correct! I wish they'd figure out a better way of gathering information. The traffic thing has been going on their maps for a while.

Unfortunately, any time of the day here in the Seattle area you can go to MapQuest, Microsoft Live Maps, and komotv.com/traffic and get 3 different answers on traffic at the moment, and none are correct! I wish they’d figure out a better way of gathering information.

]]> By: JT http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2008/03/mapquest-gets-traffic-information/comment-page-1/#comment-5209 JT Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:20:26 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=1348#comment-5209 That's great. The API is nice except it doesn't work with AIR (ContextMenu vs NativeMenu = error!!). Despite numerous attempts to contact MapQuest and the developers about this problem it remains unsolved and it appears the API is still at v5.2.0 - the problem version. Hopefully this problem has been addressed and an updated API (perhaps with traffic?) will be released shortly... That’s great. The API is nice except it doesn’t work with AIR (ContextMenu vs NativeMenu = error!!). Despite numerous attempts to contact MapQuest and the developers about this problem it remains unsolved and it appears the API is still at v5.2.0 – the problem version.

Hopefully this problem has been addressed and an updated API (perhaps with traffic?) will be released shortly…

]]> By: Craig Seitam http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2008/03/mapquest-gets-traffic-information/comment-page-1/#comment-5210 Craig Seitam Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:59:48 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=1348#comment-5210 Nice, but very similar to Yahoo Traffic and Traffic.com. Where someone like Mapquest could lead the way is thinking outside the "U.S square", and offer traffic maps in places like Europe, Australia and elsewhere. Sydney and Melbourne have 5 million and 4 million people respectively, and horrendous traffic. It would be used by thousands of people here, and it would lead the market because there is currently no alternative. Nice, but very similar to Yahoo Traffic and Traffic.com.

Where someone like Mapquest could lead the way is thinking outside the “U.S square”, and offer traffic maps in places like Europe, Australia and elsewhere. Sydney and Melbourne have 5 million and 4 million people respectively, and horrendous traffic.

It would be used by thousands of people here, and it would lead the market because there is currently no alternative.

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