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Originally Posted by seeandsee
they use your bandw?!?
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yeah, but what I don't get is why? I mean, I'm flattered and all that they find the system robust enough to add to their extensions, but they have their own geo API in gears, so why rely on 3rd party?
The only thing I can think is that gears requires an API developer's key, whereas mine (for now anyways) does not.
Not requiring an developer key allows for seemless integration into apps etc (which is why I didn't force an developer key onto the webservice). It's interesting, cos a "nearby tweets" twitter thing uses my webservice, and is hugely popular, and Twitter recently purchased a geo outfit based in Boston and relocated the developers to their HQ which is a shame, cos the nearby tweets developer gets no recognition for the geo app that a lot of people use. Well, that is assuming they develop their own app that is better than his ;)