New MSN Maps URL (Querystring) Link APIs
Man it is about time that the MSN Mappoint people got back in the game. I've been wondering when people are going to start getting in the Web API world and, though there have been some tests so far, the article in last month's MIT tech review and this feature really brings to light the coming battle. I was actually going to write a stupid little web app that would let me paste in addresses myself, but this is just great. It not only handles pasting in, but you can write entire apps with mappoint as your backend. Cool!
What this really changes is now, having a million machines and some cool features (data, images, etc) allows you to have a revenue stream. Charge a desktop app for accessing your stuff $0.001 a piece and, presto, you've got a business. ISPs (and google) should be all over this.