How many good cards we have ...
Have you ever been involved in enterprise systems? One of the main problems, for the sake of solving which they are planning long and extremely expensive projects for implementing complex industrial solutions like Sun Identity Manager or various ERPs, is the fragmentation of data: for example, information about user-passwords-user groups is stored in Active Directory, management data is stored in 1C , plus a bandwidth system, accounts in some electronic trading systems, etc. The same thing is happening with information about orders, stocks and other and other ... The consequences are clear - the data entered in one place reaches other systems (if they do), with a slowdown and changes are often made manually. In small companies, these problems are solved due to the fact that “Vasya remembers everything” and everything is in sight, in large - regulations,
The starting point is clear - data stored in one system must be accessible from another, otherwise their inaccessibility is practically equivalent to absence. Data inaccessibility reduces the freedom of users and developers, reduces the effectiveness of the IT structure as a whole.
The global approach to solving such problems on the Internet seems somewhat ... utopian, however, we also saw similar projects - remember, at least MSN Passport. Less ambitious solutions within their services were launched by many companies - the same functions are performed by Google Account, Yandex.Passport and many others.
However, let's finally move on to the cards, it is not in vain that this word is put in the title. It seems that now no search portal can be considered complete if it does not have a map service. Well, Google has it, MSN has it, Yandex has it, Rambler has it, even RBC has it! Recently, Mail.Ru has its own card.
There are many maps, but in most cases the basis of domestic mapping services is the same. Let's say Yandex and Mail.Ru use the same source map data from the Resident company, "Since 1993 specializing in the field of geographic information systems (GIS)." However, the interfaces are slightly different. Decide which is better, which is worse - for users. Personally, I like Yandex more, there, at least, you can copy the link to a specific fragment of the map.
One of the methods to increase the usefulness, and hence the popularity of such a service, is to saturate the card with additional data. About the building of the palace, tell its story, put a link to the corresponding site, attach a link to its repertoire to the cinema building, etc. It is both useful and interesting to users and can be profitable. Examples of this approach are quite numerous now: there is a Yandex.Address project developed jointly by Yandex.Maps andYellowpages.ru , where address information is supplemented by company data. Mail.Ru is going to integrate cards with its other services - Poster. Mail.Ru , Travel . Mail.Ru , etc. As part of its MosDva project ( see review ), RBC is trying to create a loyal community of users who will take care of filling out the map. Well, the idea is in the spirit of Web 2.0.
All this is good, but the trouble is that our developers do not allow users to create their own applications based on their cards: there simply is no open API to do this. And numerous examples of using maps from Google or MSN do not inspire them. What a pity ... I have one strange hobby - I like roller skating. In recent years, 2 is not as often and fanatical as before, but still. So, at one time I really wanted to make a map of the quality of asphalt .
The quality of asphalt is a critical factor for the roller; this idea appeared among many and constantly ran into the fact that there simply weren’t any easily accessible map data and interfaces for working with them. What is the benefit of an accessible API for developers is understandable, but what is it for the owners of the service? I am ready to use a similar service if they attach ads to this card. Perhaps I will only be glad to know that a new cafe or shop has opened next to my route from work home. The theory is simple - give me the mechanisms to use your card, I, in turn, will provide visitors who can display ads. Openness promises quite large benefits, but also requires a different level of training: security, documentation, developer support, add. server power ... The main problem, which will become in the way of such services in Russia is the relatively small number of potential developers of add-on services and their users. Investments may turn out to be more profit ... We can be even more interesting - rememberthe technology of contextual advertising in RSS developed by the Runner : there is technology, but users are not ready yet. So it turns out that today the St. Petersburg asphalt map is most conveniently done using ... a service from Google or Microsoft. Most likely Google - there is a Russian-language map. Although, frankly, the functionality of live.local.com is richer.
The starting point is clear - data stored in one system must be accessible from another, otherwise their inaccessibility is practically equivalent to absence. Data inaccessibility reduces the freedom of users and developers, reduces the effectiveness of the IT structure as a whole.
The global approach to solving such problems on the Internet seems somewhat ... utopian, however, we also saw similar projects - remember, at least MSN Passport. Less ambitious solutions within their services were launched by many companies - the same functions are performed by Google Account, Yandex.Passport and many others.
However, let's finally move on to the cards, it is not in vain that this word is put in the title. It seems that now no search portal can be considered complete if it does not have a map service. Well, Google has it, MSN has it, Yandex has it, Rambler has it, even RBC has it! Recently, Mail.Ru has its own card.
There are many maps, but in most cases the basis of domestic mapping services is the same. Let's say Yandex and Mail.Ru use the same source map data from the Resident company, "Since 1993 specializing in the field of geographic information systems (GIS)." However, the interfaces are slightly different. Decide which is better, which is worse - for users. Personally, I like Yandex more, there, at least, you can copy the link to a specific fragment of the map.
One of the methods to increase the usefulness, and hence the popularity of such a service, is to saturate the card with additional data. About the building of the palace, tell its story, put a link to the corresponding site, attach a link to its repertoire to the cinema building, etc. It is both useful and interesting to users and can be profitable. Examples of this approach are quite numerous now: there is a Yandex.Address project developed jointly by Yandex.Maps andYellowpages.ru , where address information is supplemented by company data. Mail.Ru is going to integrate cards with its other services - Poster. Mail.Ru , Travel . Mail.Ru , etc. As part of its MosDva project ( see review ), RBC is trying to create a loyal community of users who will take care of filling out the map. Well, the idea is in the spirit of Web 2.0.
All this is good, but the trouble is that our developers do not allow users to create their own applications based on their cards: there simply is no open API to do this. And numerous examples of using maps from Google or MSN do not inspire them. What a pity ... I have one strange hobby - I like roller skating. In recent years, 2 is not as often and fanatical as before, but still. So, at one time I really wanted to make a map of the quality of asphalt .
The quality of asphalt is a critical factor for the roller; this idea appeared among many and constantly ran into the fact that there simply weren’t any easily accessible map data and interfaces for working with them. What is the benefit of an accessible API for developers is understandable, but what is it for the owners of the service? I am ready to use a similar service if they attach ads to this card. Perhaps I will only be glad to know that a new cafe or shop has opened next to my route from work home. The theory is simple - give me the mechanisms to use your card, I, in turn, will provide visitors who can display ads. Openness promises quite large benefits, but also requires a different level of training: security, documentation, developer support, add. server power ... The main problem, which will become in the way of such services in Russia is the relatively small number of potential developers of add-on services and their users. Investments may turn out to be more profit ... We can be even more interesting - rememberthe technology of contextual advertising in RSS developed by the Runner : there is technology, but users are not ready yet. So it turns out that today the St. Petersburg asphalt map is most conveniently done using ... a service from Google or Microsoft. Most likely Google - there is a Russian-language map. Although, frankly, the functionality of live.local.com is richer.