[citation][nom]expiredwindex[/nom]@de5_royAnd why not, I believe Google is probably the largest company that offers most services for free.But then again... I am certain if you were Mr. Google you would offer everything for free and give away all the money you have .[/citation]
personaly, i would put ads in the map, like local buisnesses when you get close enough, and tourist spots when you are far away,
lets say you are looking at an entire country, you see huge tourist spots that vacation companys what you to see
get to about a state level, you see many of tha main attractions, like a theme park, or sense its halloween (close enough) you would see the major halloween locations, like massive haunted houses, or corn mazes.
get to the county level, and you get ads from the major places, like a mall, wallmart, and places to eat.
go to a town level and you see the mom and pop places to eat, and more detailed places to shop.
thats just how i would do it, because per 1000, 3-10$ is the average payout you get from google with ads, not sure what their take is.
[citation][nom]zoemayne[/nom]they should charge them less... i mean you can't go from free to $10,000 a year. Thats like what BOA did..[/citation]
from free, to chargeing money for the most usefull service that most places could ever get... lets say you have 125000 people a month, 25k of them are free so you have 100 units left at lets say 10$ a head that comes to 1000$ a month, or 12000$ a year. at that point it would make more sense to get a flat rate than a ajustable.
now we are talking about companies that loseing 1 million is like us dropping a penny.
[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]You can't really steal openly broadcasting SSIDs, as for the data... well the AP were completely OPEN no security at all anyone can do it if they have no security. Were they mapping APs? yea they were for location information, ever notice how without GPS or mobile on they still know where you are on Maps? that is what they use SSIDs for the other info was mostly scooped up accidentally cause people are too stupid to turn on WPA on routers.[/citation]
not stupid, just isnt worth the pain it is setting it up for me.