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Op here - I understand the perspective toward walled gardens, but I do not believe this is the issue here. A single developer is likely not going to make a new
by NikolaNovak 4y ago
Op here - I understand the perspective toward walled gardens, but I do not believe this is the issue here. A single developer is likely not going to make a new Encarta Atlas equivalent.
(street and trips, maybe, using google maps APIs or something and relying on 3rd party data?)
Given the hundred thousand meaningless apps in existence though, it really doesn't feel like the walled garden is the problem here. Either there's no interest in making these, or no interest in consuming, or both. But to this day it astonishes me that searching for Atlas in either Google play or Apple app store, finds me Nothing like encarta or Compton atlas used to bring to the table. :-(
- asdff 4y agoI don't see why you couldn't write a bespoke tool that meets your needs and build out your own functionality. It doesn't have to be pretty or perfect. I do this a lot with other things with my laptop. I imagine there are already plenty of apis that make this easy with open street maps.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoEncarta atlas and Compton atlas had a phenomenal amount of information presented in myriad ways. They were (for thr time) polished and comprehensive and extensive and powerful. I may be underestimating the power of a hyper dedicated solo super developer. But if so, nevertheless the $100 dev fee remains even more the least of the obstacles here.
- asdff 4y agoYou don't have to build out every feature much less at once. You just need to be able to iterate your own novel features. That's what writing your own code for your own tooling lets you do, and what you can't do currently with these walled gardens.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoThanks; I do not believe we are discussing the same topic though - what I'm discussing (modern Encarta Atlas or Compton Atlas) is primarily about content, whereas I believe you're primarily talking about code. I understand the dislike of walled gardens; I do not believe they have any bearing whatsoever on the gap that I've brought up though.