pratamishus Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hello PHPiers. I am creating a web-site that would generate an AJAX map for web-sites. What happens is 1. A user registers for an account. There are two types of accounts a. Embedding a map without items (shops, petrol stations, etc.) b. Embedding a map with items (several or some). 2. A user uploads an image of the map, sets some settings (such as amount of zooms on the map, how many times should each zoom increase the map in size, etc.) 3. The web-site generates the map according to his/her settings (automatically) and creates several files (scripts, images and manual) on server so that he/she would be able to download them (This will include classes for user-side and classes for administrative system of the user). So could you answer the following questions: 1. Would you find such service useful 2. And how much would you pay to have a life time account for such service. Thanks in advance, Pratamishus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk.e.boy Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 1) no 2) zero isn't this what maps.google.com does? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=pizza+new+york&near=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.136115,68.027344&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=37.70406,-121.053886&spn=0.034293,0.066433&om=1&iwloc=A Hope that helps! ;D monk.e.boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonMariner Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 you'll be in direct competition with google earth- and that is free so I would question the commercial prospects of your plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pratamishus Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 No you did not quite understand. Google does not provide item allocation. For instance you want to show users location of petrol stations. On a CMS you click on a station location and add it's details. Those will be given on the user-side. A sample of what a user would get is here (userside only): http://delek4less.co.il/index.php?id=1 (The site has some bugs as it is not ready yet, and works in IE6 only by now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBS103 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I would use Google's maps and then do the little add-ons and other modifications to it. I've seen everything from trip distances to little maps where users can stick their information and a little point shows up and represents them. I guess thats limited though. I think Google Earth does record places, restaurants, monuments, too. For me, to answer your questions above, I probably wouldn't pay anything for your site. There are way too many free resources that do the exact same thing, and furthermore, if I need a gas station in an unknown place, I doubt I will have a computer near by. If I am home, then I already know where I live. Don't wish to be rude, only sharing what I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cep Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Doesn't the yellow pages website do this? And mapquest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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