Does it matter if some data is presented to you on a Google Maps or a Bing Maps? All Points Blog had an interesting post on that question yesterday:
[...]Regular folks don't really care about the source background or API used, just that there's interesting data and the app 'works'[...] API providers and data providers are 'back' to selling to developpers.
It's true that from a developer's point of view, it is hard to judge if the consumer really cares about who provides the map. Personally, I like to find the Google logo on the maps I browse, but technically any map provider is ok. However, I have a hard time believing that consumers do no care who the map provider is. Maybe the difference between map providers is not so obvious today, but this could change in the very near future...
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