Google Maps Coordinate
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There are some key services that Microsoft is not offering (yet) too. There is still a lot of market position available and open markets bear many competitors. Typically three very large ones and many small ones that keep them on their toes. I don't see any fear of monopoly. Microsoft will probably be the dominant player but through low prices and better services. If they fail to do that, they will fail to retain the market position.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Hosting prices will never go up. Not for the big enterprise players.
I'll have a bet with you on that. Microsoft and Google's basic package is $5 per month. We'll see if that has gone up in five years from today (in real terms). Winner buys a beer. Deal?
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Hosting prices will never go up. Not for the big enterprise players.
I'll have a bet with you on that. Microsoft and Google's basic package is $5 per month. We'll see if that has gone up in five years from today (in real terms). Winner buys a beer. Deal?
Your on. Microsoft is $4 and Google is $5 in the US. You can get Google lower with a "pay up front for a year" but it doesn't get down to $4. I expect neither to change their prices - instead they will continue to make their services more and more lavish while keeping prices uniform. That's the big play. Huge storage that almost no one uses, extra services that cost almost nothing to deliver - helps them to increase volume while not lowering prices.
Every other service (Amazon, Rackspace, Azure, etc.) have been dropping prices over time. Amazon dramatically so and forcing everyone else to follow suit. It's the new market pressure really working.
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Google Maps Coordinate is now included with Maps Engine Pro, which is $5 per month. So they obviously listened to your complaints that it was expensive and have slashed the price dramatically.
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Awesome. That's not bad at all.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Google Maps Coordinate is now included with Maps Engine Pro, which is $5 per month. So they obviously listened to your complaints that it was expensive and have slashed the price dramatically.
Maps Engine Pro was recently renamed My Maps Pro.
My Maps Pro has now become completely free. I'm not sure where this leaves Google Maps Coordinate.
So many changes, I'm struggling to keep up!
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That's awesome that it is free now. Thanks.
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Been looking for a way to print custom maps - but on 36"x 36" paper... Wonder if this'll do..
