Google maps w/ satellite imagery

[Ryan, Adam]

I've got to put my two cents of disagreement in on this one.  Ask your users
if they'll accept limiting their maps to a dozen pre-set scales in exchange
for slightly better performance.  I wouldn't.

Cheers,

Adam


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Davis [mailto:mike.and.kerry at GMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:25 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Google maps w/ satellite imagery
>
>
> I am curious who on the list has been using an AJAX approach
> to mapping with mapserver.
>
> As users of my web applications discover google maps and the
> speed at which it delivers imagery, I am starting to hear
> rumblings about the performance of our in-house applications.
>
> Tools or techniques to tile imagery and pre-cache on the
> client would be especially useful.
>
> -Mike
>
> On Apr 6, 2005 5:20 AM, Fawcett, David
> <David.Fawcett at state.mn.us> wrote:
> > Perhaps there is an opportunity (formal or informal) at the
> MUM 2005
> > for people to show how they have been using an AJAX-esque
> approach to
> > MapServer applications.
> >
> > David Fawcett
> > Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
> > david.fawcett at moea.state.mn.us 651.215.0200
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: UMN MapServer Users List
> > [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]On
> > Behalf Of Pascoe,Tim [Burlington]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:01 AM
> > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Google maps w/ satellite imagery
> >
> > Take a look at:
> >
> > http://adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php
> >
> > I believe this is the technology behind the Google Maps interface.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: UMN MapServer Users List
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu]
> > On Behalf Of Charlton Purvis
> > Sent: April 6, 2005 8:18 AM
> > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu
> > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Google maps w/ satellite imagery
> >
> > For those of you who haven't seen it, you're missing out.
> > http://maps.google.com has satellite imagery that performs
> > spectacularly. Enter an address; the satellite option is a
> link in the
> > upper RH corner of
> > that page.
> >
> > Even the dingbat public is tuned in to the site,
> >
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/04/05/go> ogle.maps.ap/index.html.
> >
> > Charlton
> >
>