but... Paul Hastings wrote: > > > Depends what you call 'knows geography'. The maps at > > http://www.adventuredirectory.com work on this basis and are calibrated > > can't buffer. can't route. can't do proximity searches. can't > identity/union/intersect. doesn't know topology. yada yada yada.
actually they do a proximity calculation every page impression. > > so it knows lat & long. The final presentation of nice raster maps is > > knowing a latitude & longitude isn't what i had in mind. you can do that > quite easily with js & knowledge of the mapextents & image size. you could > also probably do simple measurements as well. but if i wanted the nearest > microbrew pubs with directions to my bank's ATM stops along the > way...internet GIS is NOT about a pretty picture, its about geographic > intelligence. This is all very well, but my customers always seem to agree that their internet site primarily needs to be fast and reliable over a 56.6 k link or it is utterly useless. I have looked at most of the links people have supplied in this thread and either they need one or more special downloads to view the data (In my book even Flash comes into this category) or the sites don't seem to work at all. The state of things at the moment seem to be that if you wanted the nearest microbrew pubs with directions to your bank's ATM stops along the way it would be quicker to go there and look up and down the street! And then I read about nightmarish server installation problems Etc. Etc. and I realize that I am not missing out one bit by doing what I am doing at the moment, which is entirely within CF. Maybe in a few years time... > > > infinitely superior to most vector map systems I have seen which > > already my point. arcIMS & mapserver best work delivering images from vector > data but having the ability to supply vector data is often cool--i'm got a > desktop product called arcCatalog (part of esri's arcGIS) open now & its > connected to 1/2 dozen arcIMS servers spread around the world along with > metadata too. now these guys know webservices. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
