[OSGeo-Discuss] Maps in HTML

[Peter Rushforth]

Hi OSGeo folks,

Our homepage is at https://maps4html.org, and while it may need some
refreshing, it links to our key resources.

We have been pursuing this dream for a while now, and I just wanted to make
sure you folks are aware of the project, and to invite you to participate
if you would like to.  Naturally, contributions are welcome, but I
understand if folks are not in a position to do that "in their spare
time".  There is a contributions agreement provided by the W3C, which I
suppose is a slight barrier to joining, but not too high on an individual
level.  https://www.w3.org/community/maps4html/

I would be happy to chat about it here or on matrix (where I just
connected).

What it comes down to is this: the Web, represented by browsers and search
engines, is effectively public infrastructure.  Browsers are open source
projects.  HTML , CSS etc. are open standards.  We believe that maps and
location are important to society (I won't go further at this time :-P).
So, can we put the standards and open source tools of the GeoWeb into the
actual standards and tools of the Web in a way that benefits everyone, and
if so, how?  You may or may not align with that philosophically, or
technically, and reasonable people can differ.

Anyway, I'll stop here.  Our current speculative polyfill uses Leaflet
internally, but its API is quite different, and documented here
<https://maps4html.org/web-map-doc/>.

Cheers,
Peter Rushforth
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