Re: First release of geocode-glib available

[Alberto Mardegan <mardy users sourceforge net>]

On 05/16/2011 01:42 PM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 12:44 +0300, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
> > On 05/14/2011 11:24 PM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > The fact that we have only one implementation means that we have one
> > > well maintained implementation. I don't think it's much of a problem. Do
> > > you have particular reasons why you think that supporting multiple
> > > backends is actually useful?
> >
> > Availability of up-to-date street data is heavily dependent on the provider.
>
> Your point being?

My point being that supporting multiple backends is definitely useful: OSM, 
Yahoo, Google, Nokia maps and others can have very different degrees of 
coverage. Some areas which are shown as streetless by Google have quite detailed 
street information in OSM, and vice-versa.
Also, even if two map providers have detailed street informations for one area, 
it may be that one is more up-to-date than the other.

Ciao,
  Alberto

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