Hi Ed,

Tim's tweet specifically referred to the number of "user-generated maps on the site", this is why I chose to use Unique Visitors as the main metric. I agree that Compete does not have the most accurate data. That being said, their data is good enough for the purpose of this post which is to show the general difference in traffic magnitude.

You have a good point, ESRI's definition of the map might be very different from my own. In my opinion, a user-generated map is simply a bounding box explicitly created by a user with or without associated geometries...

Cheers,
Andrei

Good point - date or a timeline would have been great.

I used IPhone packer in Flash CS5 beta...

Would you be able to send me some background info on this project? If yes, please shoot me an email to andrei.taraschuk at gmail.

Thanks all! I appreciate you support. Will keep you guys posted on my future plans / projects.

Sounds great, please send me a message at andrei at umapper

Thanks Luke. I checked thefullwiki.org and it looks very nice. Are you the founder of the project?

Wow, There is a surprisingly large word beyond the Silicon Valley. Curious to see what big valley company they'll acquire.

Wow, 6 years ago is along time. What was your experience working with those guys?

As far as I know they are focused on Russia and Ukraine but Kazakhstan might also be on their list.