Who is the new map provider that is being tested?
Who is the new map provider that is being tested?
Forum Discussion
- Mapbox
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Uber-switch-back-to-Google-Map-from-MapBox
https://stackshare.io/stackups/google-maps-vs-mapbox-vs-openstreetmap
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/4vnnw1/mapbox_or_google_maps/
When was the last time somebody ask "Do you integrate with Mapbox"?
People are so involved with google that is seems silly to switch, just to have a fancy view option.- I do not like MapBox. Please go back to google maps. I have lost all my addresses.
- Hi Jackie, I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with your addresses. MapBox is the new location vendor for Quick Base so it would not be possible to revert to Google Maps. However, our Customer Care team would be happy to assist to see why your addresses aren't working. You can reach them by opening a case online, by clicking _Help _from within Quick Base, then clicking _Manage Support Cases _ > _+ New Support Case_.
- Did Quick Base ask us - the paying customers - if we wanted to change from the defacto worldwide mapping standard?
NO.
Questionable decision!- Hi Robert. Can you say more about what you're concerned about with this change? E.g. How do you use the current Address field? How will switching from Google impact your apps?
- I use third part addins utilizing Google Maps.
And I don't want to invest time understanding a new platform that does not seems to provide any significant advantages. - Whats even worse is that mapbox doesnt even support my country - So quickbase decides its convenient to just change without even checking support for their users. Not happy about this at all actually
- So, as part of our workflow, we review customer leads (all businesses and nonprofits) by clicking on the address, which brings up Google Maps. We have instant access to streetview, business reviews, website, etc. Does this mean that we will no longer have access to this?
- But I don't believe it's live yet. That is just for their internal testing.
- Not sure what that picture means. They are still Beta testing.
- thanks for the updates
- This new map service does not work for our company at all. We use the quick google box for roof shading analysis (we are a solar company). The satellite view for new mapbox is not as good as google. Now we have to take an extra step and click on the link to use google map.
I will have to figure out how to input a customer google box since nobody in my company likes the new mapbox.... :(- You can pull a Google Map image by creating a text formula field like so:
"<img src= " & "
In this case, I have all the parameters set up as fields on the record ("zoom", "maptype", etc.)--but you could hard-code those into the formula. Sounds like you want "satellite" as the maptype and a high zoom--I tested with 20 and it's pretty close to the roof.https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?"& "center=" & URLEncode([Address) & "&zoom=" & [zoom] & "&size=" & [width] & "x" & [height] & "&maptype=" & [type] & "&format=" & [format] & "&markers=color:" &[pin color] & "%7Clabel:" & [pin label] & "%7C" & URLEncode([Address]) & ">"
"Address" is just a default Address field.
More info on the Google Maps API here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/intro - very interesting. I will test it out. thank you!
- it worked! I also embedded the street view image.
But is it possible to embed the Google Map Javascript API with just embedded this into a Text-Formula field?
here is the documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/aerial-simple
"<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
"<meta name=""viewport" "content=""initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
"<meta charset="utf-8">"
"<title>45� imagery</title>"
"<style>
#map {
height: 100%;
}
/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
function initMap() {
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: {lat: 36.964, lng: -122.015},
zoom: 18,
mapTypeId: 'satellite'
});
map.setTilt(45);
}
</script>
<script async defer
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap">;
</script>
</body>
</html>
- Our company has had nothing but issues with the mapping since the changeover...
Suburbs no longer populate in the field, instead it populates with the city.
For our billing, suburbs are vital but it seems its a no go.
After speaking with our customer rep, we now have 2 work with a 3rd party to HOPEFULLY get up and running again.... NOT HAPPY WITH THIS CHANGE - Hi Damien
Sorry to reply to such an old topic - but just wondering if you ever got a solution to
"Suburbs no longer populate in the field, instead it populates with the city."
We are new to Quickbase and were surprised to find this is still an issue (at least in Australia it is). The address displays the suburb name but when it populates into the sub-fields it only populates the city name, not the suburb name :(
Cheers :)
