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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 12:02 pm
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FlyerChrisK
 
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Originally Posted by Optional
1. Is this something people would use, or am I the only one who wants a one-stop shop for this info?
I think this depends on whether you're offering something superior to Seat Guru et. al.

Originally Posted by Optional
3. Do you care how accurate the map is? I personally would prefer to have more accuracy in terms of the actual seats and placement of bulkheads etc., but perhaps a basic representation is all that's needed, or even preferable.
How are you defining accuracy?

I see two problems with many of the existing seat sites:
  • Woefully out of date seat maps, particularly as airlines add new aircraft.
  • No information about which variant of a plane you're going to be flying. It's not very helpful to me to see 6 versions of the 777 for United if I can't figure out which one I'm going to be on. Even if I know I'm up front, how do I tell that I'm in the two cabin international version (i.e., PMCO) instead of the two cabin domestic version without resorting to looking at United.com's seat map?
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