For commercial developers dissatisfied with the Google Maps API, Placebase's new Pushpin technology promises fewer restrictions and more support.Web developers combining their creations with Google Maps aren't a very happy lot any more.
The unease has given rise to a new technology package, Pushpin—to be formally introduced April 3—and, if history repeats itself, soon will lead to an entire cottage industry trying to soothe the chapped developer hides.
A Google representative, reached March 31, said Google continues to "receive a positive response from developers."
But that's not the case, according to some with a view from outside of the Mountain View, Calif., company.
"Many professional developers have been held back by licensing restrictions and lack of technical support," said Jaron Waldman, CEO of Los Angeles-based Placebase.
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There was once an adoring throng of Web hobbyists and professionals, happy that Google had finally released a set of access instructions, known as an API, so they could combine Google Maps with their own Web-based concoctions.
Google Maps "mashups" have since popped up all over. Many are whimsical, but now developers want to make commercial ventures out of them. For that, they need more help and more resources directly from Google.
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