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Comment on The Development of Technology: Did you Know… by Daisy

Daisy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:11:46 +0000

Very nice video
but how did it develop?

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by Indrit Selimi

Indrit Selimi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:17:25 +0000

Milan, Italy
Mean value time for 7 refreshes:
Google: 127.5 ms = 125kb/s
Bing: 263.5 ms = 60,7 kb/s

Comment on Want to Know Where Bird’s Eye is Available in the UK on a Map? by Steve

Steve — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:12:57 +0000

Great series of posts. I would love you to compare the differences between the Flash and Silverlight versions along with the Street Views, Photosynth and Birds Eye View features that are available to free or commercial usage.

Cheers

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by RENO

RENO — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:47:26 +0000

Japan
GMaps: 100 kb/s
Bing : 169.8 kb/s

Comment on Virtual Earth Silverlight Minimap Tutorial by Some silverlight 2 tutorials « C# lovers Blog

Some silverlight 2 tutorials « C# lovers Blog — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:25:30 +0000

[...] a nifty animated navigation bar much like the one at the top of the Silverlight.net website. 7.Virtual Earth Silverlight Minimap Tutorial (http://www.earthware.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/03/virtual-earth-silverlight-minimap-tutorial/) In [...]

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by Maven

Maven — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:13:39 +0000

Oh, meant to say I’m in KC, MO, running on AT&T DSL.

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by Maven

Maven — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:13:03 +0000

GMaps: ~162ms = 98.8 kb/s
Bing: ~160ms = 100 kb/s
10 refreshes each

Note: Bing varied widely, much more so than Google. First result was 384 ms. second was 320 ms. third was 150 ms. most of the rest were 130-160 ms, but I had another >300 ms. GMaps tended to stay right around 150-160 ms.

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by Dave

Dave — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:26:16 +0000

UK, via BT Internet

GMaps: Av 150.6 ms = 106.2 kb/s
Bing: Av 142.4 ms = 112.4 kb/s

5 refreshes of each:

Google: 147, 144, 137, 147, 178
Bing: 97, 82, 215, 219, 99

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by Brian Norman

Brian Norman — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:09:49 +0000

Thanks for you help David. I have added a bit to the blog post telling readers how to load each test without using the browser cache.

Comment on Mapping APIs – Google Maps vs Bing Maps: Part 3 Download sizes and delivery speeds by David

David — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:49:01 +0000

United States
GMaps: 484ms = 33.06 kb/s
Bing: 558ms = 28.67 kb/s

NOTE: The browser cache must be cleared between tile fetches because MS is setting Etag and Last-Modified headers while Google does not. Consequently, my initial tests showed the transfer times for subsequent loads from the MS servers to be artificially low because the map tile was being loaded from the browser’s cache (after receiving a 304 response from the server).

If Firebug reports “1 request 16 KB (16 KB from cache) 42 ms” instead of “1 request 16 KB 488 ms”, you should not factor that time into your average speed.