[Nodeshot] Talking about maps [was: two example of interactive elevation profile processing using gmap]

[Giuseppe De Marco]

When I started programming webGIS i looked up ad theese and more.
Tilemill is, imvho, the best tool for map drawing, It's closely based on
mapnik and it work upon node.js with good performance too.

I chooce OpenLayers because is more mature for general purpose development,
it supports OSM - Gmpas -yahoo - bing and custom
mapserver/mapfeature/mapprocessing/tilecache and It's easy and well
documented to integrate it with third-part software.

Using mapnik we play on the level of Cartography (mapserver), that's a
level downside from OpenLayers that is a pure WebGISClient.



2013/11/20 Nemesis <nemesis at ninux.org>

>  Talking about maps, thank to the CitySDK project i learnt a lot about
> GIS tools and I discovered this software: TileMill
> https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/ - developed by a company called MapBox.
>
> I'm studying it in my very little free time to understand what is possible
> to achieve with it.
> I think it's possible to setup your own tileserver with the tiles
> (OpenStreetMap) you want, or even style them!
> I think it would be a really cool service to have in a community network.
>
> See for example this map:
> http://dev.citysdk-mobility.provincia.roma.it/map
>
> I quite like the stile of the map, and the tiles are hosted on a
> tileserver offered by the leader of the project.
> Setting up your own tileserver means no API key, no dependence upon a
> third party provider.
>
> For a commercial project is good to pay somebody for that service, no
> having the hassle to mantain it and focus on your core business, but for a
> mature community, which has its own infrastructure and skilled people
> offering their help in mantaining stuff it would be a waste of money plus
> what kind of independence is that?
>
> Personally in Nodeshot i'm moving in the direction of using OpenStreetMap,
> at today's times I can say it's a mature project, and many companies like
> MapQuest and MapBox have built a succcessfull business model upon OSM which
> speeded up its evolution and improvement. I think this is an example of
> good business model which is a WIN-WIN for both a company and a community.
>
> Checkout the gallery:
> https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/gallery/
>
>
> On 11/20/2013 11:56 AM, Clauz wrote:
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> On 11/20/2013 11:44 AM, Luca Pretto wrote:
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>  On 11/20/2013 12:02 AM, Giuseppe De Marco wrote:
>
>  http://www.katapi.org.uk/Maps/GoogleMaps/GMv3-elevation-profile.htmlhttp://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html
>
>  This would be really great! :)
> (Since I keep using Ubiquiti AirLink to achieve the same result)
>
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> Il giorno 20/nov/2013, alle ore 11:13, Nemesis <nemesis at ninux.org<mailto:nemesis at ninux.org> <nemesis at ninux.org>> ha scritto:
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>  Do you know also any other alternative to the Google Maps / Earth API?
>
>  Probably this would be a pain to integrate, but.. is maybe possible to
> directly use DEM <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USGS_DEM> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USGS_DEM> files, just
> like the OruxMaps app does?
>
>  I saw a map (yes, another map software :)), made by unimos.net guys that
> used noaa.gov data to show elevation profiles between points. The data
> should be this one:http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.htmlhttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/report/s11/s11G.html
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