ka-Map: new open source project

[Bill Binko]

Here's a link about what versions of Mozilla et. al it should work with:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111647

I was disappointed as well.

:(

Bill

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Paul Spencer wrote:

> Nice idea.  I tried the sample and it didn't work for me in firefox
> 1.0.4 ... a bit disappointing!
>
> If you would like to see this in ka-Map anyway you need to:
>
> 1. file an enhancement bug in www.maptools.org/bugzilla using the ka-Map
> product and core component.
>
> 2. probably try to implement it yourself once the source is available
> and then supply a diff/patch/instructions on how to do it ... its likely
> not difficult to implement so I would encourage this to be a contribution :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
> Bill Binko wrote:
> > So, I already have a suggestion :)
> >
> > Could you hookup the zoomin/zoomout to the mouse wheel?
> >
> > See this site for a cross-platform approach (that works on very modern
> > Firefox, and all IE 6+)
> >
> > http://www.gtalbot.org/Bugzilla/Bug111647.html
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Tue, 17 May 2005, Paul Spencer wrote:
> >
> >
> >>ka-Map: new open source project
> >>===============================
> >>
> >>http://ka-Map.maptools.org/
> >>
> >>DM Solutions Group is pleased to annouce the release of a new MapTools
> >>open source project aimed at the growing interest in highly interactive,
> >>javascript mapping applications based on MapServer.  Here are some
> >>details ...
> >>
> >>ka-Map provides many of the features that one should expect in a
> >>state-of-the-art web-mapping application.
> >>
> >>Features include:
> >>
> >>* tile-based continuous panning
> >>
> >>* no page reloading
> >>
> >>* keymap, legend and scalebar
> >>
> >>* zoom in/zoom out
> >>
> >>* keyboard navigation
> >>
> >>* sliding effects for panning on double click (ok, that one's for fun!)
> >>
> >>We have also implemented some advanced features that are more in tune
> >>with the MapServer community's needs:
> >>
> >>* configuration can include multiple map files with different extents,
> >>image formats, and scales for each map file.  Client side interface can
> >>include the ability to change between map files
> >>
> >>* ability to have layer visibility controls by drawing each GROUP as a
> >>separate HTML layer on the client side
> >>
> >>* ability to use HTML legend template to build more advanced layer controls
> >>
> >>* flexible tile caching system
> >>
> >>* separation of the javascript logic from the HTML page to provide an
> >>API with which to build your applications
> >>
> >>ka-Map is built on AJAX principles and uses the XmlHttpRequest object to
> >>communicate with the server, providing a much more responsive user
> >>interface.  The server side is implemented using PHP/MapScript (what
> >>else!) but could easily be replaced with anything that would spit out
> >>the equivalent javascript in response to the various requests.
> >>
> >>ka-Map uses cached tiles generated on demand by drawing much larger map
> >>images and slicing them up.  The caching mechanism is currently quite
> >>simplistic and could not handle large data projects, but it is
> >>definitely sufficient for getting started.  There are issues with this
> >>kind of tile generation, but it is almost essential for performance
> >>given the current state of the art.
> >>
> >>ka-Map is aiming to be an API for developing mapping applications.  As
> >>such, we are hoping it will be picked up by, and integrated into, some
> >>of the other open source projects such as MapBender, ZMapServer,
> >>GeoServer, and (of course) Chameleon.
> >>
> >>The home of ka-Map is:
> >>
> >>http://ka-Map.maptools.org
> >>
> >>Downloads and CVS are not quite ready, but you can try out the interface
> >>by visiting our first public site based on this technology (basic
> >>features only in this one):
> >>
> >>http://maps.dmsolutions.ca/
> >>
> >>Subscribe to the user list to find out when downloads and CVS access are
> >>available, and also to participate in the ongoing development and
> >>testing of this new technology.
> >>
> >>http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/ka-map-users
> >>
> >>We are hoping this project will engage the MapServer community's
> >>interest and gain momentum from user contributions.  Please join up and
> >>start contributing if you are interested in this technology!
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>Paul
> >>--
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> >>|Paul Spencer                           pspencer at dmsolutions.ca   |
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> >>|Applications & Software Development                              |
> >>|DM Solutions Group Inc                 http://www.dmsolutions.ca/|
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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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