Comments on: Trulia Hindsight http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2007/06/12/trulia-hindsight/ The tech behind the bubble Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom Carden http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2007/06/12/trulia-hindsight/#comment-712 Tom Carden Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:39:25 +0000 http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2007/06/12/trulia-hindsight/#comment-712 Mainly we used Virtual Earth imagery because we used our own mapping library, Modest Maps (www.modestmaps.com), and needed to get permission from an imagery provider. MS were OK with it, so we went with Virtual Earth. We also liked the fact that the MS hybrid images are a single download, and that the neighbourhood names are displayed for cities that have them. So actually VE turned out to be a good fit for the project too. I think the Google Maps API is the most solid and best supported of the javascript APIs though, so if you're not using your own mapping library it's still a solid choice. Look at implementing your core functionality in something like Mapstraction (www.mapstraction.com) if you want to stay flexible and might want to switch APIs in the future. Mainly we used Virtual Earth imagery because we used our own mapping library, Modest Maps (www.modestmaps.com), and needed to get permission from an imagery provider. MS were OK with it, so we went with Virtual Earth.

We also liked the fact that the MS hybrid images are a single download, and that the neighbourhood names are displayed for cities that have them. So actually VE turned out to be a good fit for the project too.

I think the Google Maps API is the most solid and best supported of the javascript APIs though, so if you’re not using your own mapping library it’s still a solid choice. Look at implementing your core functionality in something like Mapstraction (www.mapstraction.com) if you want to stay flexible and might want to switch APIs in the future.

]]> By: Michael Wurzer http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2007/06/12/trulia-hindsight/#comment-710 Michael Wurzer Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:19:56 +0000 http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2007/06/12/trulia-hindsight/#comment-710 I believe Trulia didn't develop the feature, a company called Stamen did. I believe Trulia didn’t develop the feature, a company called Stamen did.

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