I second that. I think that really the Mapa service if it gives all what Alexander says then it absolutly worth more then the printed version. However since it work only with MSIE, I will not pay them until it works with Linux since working only with IE means not working at all to me since I hardly use windows (Yes, I still have it but it only takes up space on my hard-disk...). I think that Alexander as one of the programmers should approach them himself and ask them to modify it so it supports Linux. He can also help them identify the places that need changes...
> I can't comment on other services, but I'll comment on Mapa: > Perhaps to you, the service is essentially equivalent to a book with maps, > and that's just fine - they will still gladly sell you a book. There are > people, however, who need the "extras" that the maps on the site provide: > 1. They are updated about every month - I'm pretty sure your 5 year old > book will have many innacuracies. > 2. It will find the best (fastest, shortest) route between two given > locations for you - with a book you have to do it manually. > 3. Many times you don't know the exact spelling of the street name which > makes it very hard to find it in a book - the map applet has "fuzzy > matching", which will find you the correct street name even if you mistype > it. 4. You can quickly find a route to where you want to go and print it > along with the instructions - again, something that would be tedious with > a book. > > Besides the map itself, they also have many interesting articles and > recommendations for places to visit, restaurants etc. > > All in all, it seems to be the case that there are enough people willing to > pay for all these. I remember an article on ynet about half a year ago that > Mapa was already making money from this service. It was barely in the black > at the time, but it's probably more nowadays. > > > Alexander Maryanovsky. > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ori Idan (This mail was sent using Kmail running on Mandrake GNU/Linux) ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
