>That's quite the mish-mash of technologies.

Each serves it's purpose. MVC serves up the basic cshtml - after that data just goes async via WebApi. SignalR used to update all currently running clients on the fly.

> I'm curious, if you're hosting the site on Azure, why did you go with a database on Amazon?

Just for the heck of it :-} . But Mongolab have a free shared server on Amazon. Setting it up on Azure is not so simple (although I'll probably do that at some point)

> Why Google maps instead of using Bing mapping services?

Never tried Bing in this context. But I like the Google API anyway.

Wanna try it? :-}

>>I've got a 'proof-of-concept' app which I'd like a few people to test.
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>>It will require a browser supporting HTML5 preferably on a device with GPS, a GPRS connection and orientation sensors and a desktop/laptop for some bits.
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>>Home page at : trapper.azurewebsites.net.
>>If you are interested then pls drop me a line and I'll PM you login details.
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>>The user interface is cr*p and the javascript is spaghetti but.....
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>>FWIW it's hosted on MS Azure using ASP.NET (a mix of MVC, WebApi and SignalR with Google Maps)
>>JavaScript using jQuery & angular, offline manifests and local storage
>>Database is MongoDB on an Amazon server.