[mapguide-users] Which way to jump

[Andy Morsell]

You can look at using MapGuide Open Source which has the ability to natively
publish data as Google Earth network links.  This can include any of the
polygonal demographic information that you want to load into the repository.
This can be done using some out-of-the-box functionality and a little
programming, or you can get even more complex with more programming. 
 
Take a look at the MGOS live gallery page for several examples of how this
can work. 
 
http://mapguide.osgeo.org/livegallery.html
 

Andy Morsell, P.E. 
Spatial Integrators, Inc. 
http://www.SpatialGIS.com 

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From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alan Lawrance
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:26 PM
To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapguide-users] Which way to jump


Hi,
 
I am have a small business that helps Retail clients determine the potential
of their trade area and I would like to move the information from paper to
Google maps. Ideally they could click on polygons (postcodes or Census
districts) to build their trade area and the underlying data would be
summated. 
 
As google is advancing so quickly do you have any suggestions on the
packages I should use to generate the KML for google maps/earth?  I am
familiar with HTML  and some UNIX but have not used java or PHP and was
wondering if it is better to go opensouce (ie mapguide opensource) or use
the prepackage Manifold. Manifold looks like the easier option but I am
concerned it may not be able to keep up with Google maps developments. 
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  

All the best

Alan 
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