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

[Nemesis]

On 11/20/2013 03:33 PM, Giuseppe De Marco wrote:
> 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.

Thank you for this info, if I have any doubt regarding GIS details I
will surely look for you from now on :)

F.
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