Re: V2 Discussion

On Nov 13, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Doug Turner wrote:

> Discovering which pizza place closest to you works fine with lat/lon  
> -- the so called "store locator" use case.  Mash ups like "show me  
> what is around my current position" work fine as well:

Sure, but this is using a service that is backed by a large  
corporation who has a lat/long database.

For small web developer shops who do not want (or do not have the  
facilities) to implement a lat/long to location lookup, a civic  
address is a great addition to the API. I think lat/long is doesn't  
tell any story so far as user experience is concerned.

Thanks,
-- Greg