So what are our dream features from a js web map API? I'll start off a couple:
1) Built in easy to use clustering 2) Ability to select which layers I want - eg road polylines on top of shaded terrain, or just the buildings layer On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 06:26:26PM +0930, stephen white wrote: > > On 10/04/2008, at 2:49 AM, pamela fox wrote: > > >Okay, first off: I'm biased (my job is to support the Google Maps > > >API). > > > > OK. > > > > >This is the second piece I've seen lately that I think downplays the > > >amount of customization that the Google Maps API enables. > > > > Here's what I'd like to do. I'd like to take a map and rotate it in 3d > > using Flash and put my own 3d objects onto it. > > > > Can't do that as far as I can see. > > Nor can you using the toolchain described in the alistapart article: I'm > not sure if your comparison is between two Javascript-only mapping APIs, > that this is a valid criticism. > > (If it's 'between hosting your own data and using Google data', that's > certainly valid, but somewhat out of scope, in my opinion.) > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- Nick Black -------------------------------- http://www.blacksworld.net _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
