walkinTas wrote:At a bulk discount of 15¢-25¢ per map I'd buy the set. At $2+ per map I would by unlike to buy any.
@TasTrax - did you want a mod to add a poll?
Azza wrote:Of interest to you guys - Projects are underway in the Tas Government to replace the List.
The currently technology platform is quite outdated, running on non-supported technology.
The new ListMap will feature standards based Web Services - WMS, WFS etc. that in theory will enable a wide variety of software to potentially interact with it
in much the same way that Google Maps, OSM work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Feature_Service
Therefore it is potentially possible you could cache tiles from the WFS service onto say an iOS device or android device.
The same thing can already be achieved in browsers using Google / OSM / Bing etc. using javascript technology like OpenLayers.
This example allows you seed tiles onto a mobile device using its offline storage.
http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/offline-storage.html
Some food for thought.... I don't want to give too much away.
Hi
There has been a change in job roles for the TASMAP forum and I will be taking on the duties that Andrew has been doing so well.
We have not published the costs for the digital 1:25 000 map downloads as yet but they will be approximately $2 per map and $250 for the whole state.
At this stage it will only be the 1:25 000 series but we will be looking at making the 1:100 000 series available at a later date for around the same costs.
Cheers
Leigh
Ent wrote:And yes they have stuffed it up!!!!Hi
There has been a change in job roles for the TASMAP forum and I will be taking on the duties that Andrew has been doing so well.
We have not published the costs for the digital 1:25 000 map downloads as yet but they will be approximately $2 per map and $250 for the whole state.
At this stage it will only be the 1:25 000 series but we will be looking at making the 1:100 000 series available at a later date for around the same costs.
Cheers
Leigh
Ever reliable
Azza wrote:Of interest to you guys - Projects are underway in the Tas Government to replace the List.
The currently technology platform is quite outdated, running on non-supported technology.
Sarcasm?!? We really should have an emoticon for Sarcasm.north-north-west wrote:$250 for the set? That's brilliant when you consider how much Magellan's Summit series costs.
It is not a matter of the cost of development, it is a matter of the total return on sales. The more they charge the fewer they sell. If they don't attract sales outside Tasmania then they have a limited audience. Which is better - half a million @ $2 or one and a half million plus @ $1.frenchy_84 wrote: 2 dollars a map! thats pretty cheap, you dont seem to want to acknowledge the cost of making maps.
walkinTas wrote:
$250.00 is not a great price. It isn't really even a good price. BUT it is better than the old price. I'm wondering if the price hasn't been set to encourage people to buy individual maps rather than full sets.It is not a matter of the cost of development, it is a matter of the total return on sales. The more they charge the fewer they sell. If they don't attract sales outside Tasmania then they have a limited audience. Which is better - half a million @ $2 or one and a half million plus @ $1.frenchy_84 wrote: 2 dollars a map! thats pretty cheap, you dont seem to want to acknowledge the cost of making maps.
walkinTas wrote:Which is better - half a million @ $2 or one and a half million plus @ $1.
I wasn't really suggesting or even guessing the size of the audience. I was just offering comparisons.stepbystep wrote:walkinTas wrote:Which is better - half a million @ $2 or one and a half million plus @ $1.
You really think even half a million people would buy these, c'mon get real...
walkinTas wrote:On the 610 I had a choice of Tasmania for $49 or Aus&Nz for $149. I probably won't use the NZ bit much, but Magellan is $100 better off because of their pricing model.
I'm glad we could agree on that.stepbystep wrote:...expect to pay a premium.
walkinTas wrote:I'm glad we could agree on that.stepbystep wrote:...expect to pay a premium.
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