After the judges deliberated the winners were selected. This was so big, we did a video on MSDN's Channel 9.
The King of Bing Maps is…Ricky Brundritt, Taxi Fare Calculator
The Grand Prize-winning Map App helps locals and travelers alike by estimating the total fare and showing the quickest route. The app covers major metro areas in the United States as well as 18 more cities worldwide. Brundritt won $1,000 for his creativity.
Second Place – Avalara, GeoSales Tax
GeoSales Tax overlays a heat map over the United States to display tax rates
Third Place – Infusion Development, Ricky’s Data Viewer
Data Viewer is an easy way to see data on Bing Maps without having to build anything first.
We want to thank everyone who participated in the King of Bing Maps Challenge as well as our judges – Josh Lowensohn from CNET, Greg Sterling from Search Engine Land and Joe Francica from Directions Magazine.
Congrats, Ricky!
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Having a panel of judges is so old school. You guys should have let the community vote for the winners, then you would actually know who created the coolest and most useful entry.
Wow thanks for sharing this Chris, & congratulation Ricky to be the No. 1.
!!!!Congratulation & celebration!!!!
Great ideas, although European solutions should follow now, guys!
ooo - that app looks VERY much like a system I built and have been running since 2008.
My system does go a little further though. It has ALL the official local authority hackney fare tables for the UK included and finds the nearest taxi company for you.
I have also just finished the SOAP/XML webservice ready for the iphone, windows mobile and android mobile apps to plug into it.
Im getting nearly £1m of enquiries going through the system every month now and the feedback is great.
As soon as Ive finished getting the system working as i want it for the UK i am going to roll it out across Europe starting with France and Spain...
Why not take a look at www.taxiroute.co.uk and let me know what you think?
Cheers
Trev