[OpenLayers-Users] Porting Fm GMaps?
Arnie Shore
ashore3 at verizon.net
Fri Jan 2 12:46:24 EST 2009
Hello all. Let me tell you a bit re what I'm doing (he sez, as though
he really knows!) and invite suggestions.
I've written a free open source computer-aided dispatch application,
targeted to teams/agencies with zero budgets for software of this
nature. (It's Tickets by name, and with a demonstration/download site
at http://www.saefern.org/tickets/ - in addition to SourceForge.) It's
built using the usual open source suspects, PHP and MySql. Of special
relevance here is that I've included Google Maps as the geo-spatial
component. Justification for the latter is, not surprisingly, its zero
cost, ubiquity, and convenience - as well as its capabilities. By
design for its expected installation by first-timers, it avoids use of
any other than the most basic components.
But a portion of the user community are (properly) concerned re its
dependence on Google - for the mapping and API. Now I'm looking at what
it takes to port Tickets to a mapping base that wd allow its use in
situations where - at least temporarily - there's no Internet access;
the maps/tiles/images wd need storage and accessibility at the local
web server. (Client browser and server are readily configured onto a
single box.) Certainly, OpenLayer's open Source aspect is especially
attractive, given all of the above.
Tickets can/is deployed where there's limited mapping available, but I
expect that users - many of them ham radio enthusiasts - might be
willing to spend some effort in developing the kinds of map information
appropriate to their particular situations. From what I see on this
list, there's no shortage of tools and advice to help them do so. This
might be a particularly positive aspect in such an implementation,
although possibly more than countered by the possible lack of immediate
out-of-the-box availability.
What I'm looking for is any experience in porting a GMaps-based
application towards OpenLayers, and, especially, re what
maps/tiles/images you used, including those fm OpenStreetMap, and why.
Th - th - th - that's it folks. Comments and suggestions invited. With
best wishes for a peaceful new year,
Arnie Shore
Annapolis, MD
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