How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google's Mapping Dominance

Re:How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google... by jpatokal on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @09:35PM (#17026820)

Out of curiosity, did you have a paid support plan for Google Maps, or what are you basing your impressions of their support on?

Also, part of the Google Maps Platform launch is that support (as in, being able to file tickets and get answers) will be extended to all users: https://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/introducing-goog...

Disclaimer: I used to work on Maps Support at Google.

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Re:How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google... by tboyd47 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @07:46AM (#17029067)

I'm just relaying the reason the senior director gave us for the switch. I evaluated Mapbox, but more from the angle of can we use this rather than should we. It was really as if the decision had been made already.

We did have a paid package with Google Maps. Good to hear that Maps is amping up their support.

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