On 12/24/05, Colm MacCarthaigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 11:33:24AM -0800, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > and note: we already have scripts that transform some of the ASF data > > into RDF already. > > > > As for an 'apache mapping' project, I think you *seriously* > > underestimate the amount of resources required to run such a service. >
I realize that the putting this sort of a thing in production would be a tremendous effort. We can build the infrastructure software and let others try to deploy it, which is more of a long term goal. There are many oss projects out there that have mapping software ready to distribute under an Apache license. Most notably the MapServer project which is a simplified BSD license. And if the GPL 3 becomes compatible with the Apache there is much more out there. So this would be more of an integration project with Apache filling in the gaps and producing a data storage solution with authoring clients, mobile clients that connect to GPS and cell phone devices. I would compare this project with Geronimo, which is roughly 50 percent external projects. MapTools.org is doing a javascript api like googles. Check out ka-map demo. > +1! > > > There are two "tile servers" available to the public: one is run my > > Microsoft (part of terraserver, *not* virtualearth), one is run by NASA > > (as part of the infrastructure that powers WorldWind). > > As it happens, I run the server than handles an awful lot (I'm not sure > what proportion) of the NASA imagery and have many many terabytes of it, > in many many millions of files. So if anyone wants good access to this > material, it's not entirely outside the bounds of possibility, we could > make it happen. Super. > > > I would personally very much like apache to host the software that > > clones the javascript part of google maps in an open source way, but > > running the tile server is going to require massive amount of technical > > infrastructure. > > > > A much better idea is to partner with NASA and Coral > > > > http://coralcdn.org/ > > I don't think Coral is quite up to it, just yet, but the network of > mirrors might be. That's the approach that WorldWind is using already. > The sizes of the datasets are somewhat onerous though, and a very large > proportion of the work is non-software, which kind of calls into > question whether a Software Foundation is the right place to do such > a thing. > > -- > Colm MacCárthaigh Public Key: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Philip Donaghy donaghy.blogspot.com del.icio.us/donaghy/philip Skype: philipmarkdonaghy Office: +33 5 56 60 88 02 Mobile: +33 6 20 83 22 62 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
