On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:15 AM, ashore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lance thanks. But I need the map data also. That's what I meant by > "... source of map data/images that's free/cheap" > > I looked at the site, but the maps appear to reside ONLY on their > servers. Like GMaps.
As already been pointed out, you can even download the raw vector data. The rendering software is open source so you can setup a local installation. They even let you access their tiles (and cache them) if you are nice about it. There are already distributed mirrors that render the data locally, so you could setup a similar thing on a 'portable server' > > AS > > On Oct 28, 8:44 pm, Lance Dyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ashore wrote: >> > Given the subject, I expect I deserve to be banned here, but here's >> > the issue: >> >> no banning just booing likely ;-) >> >> > I've written a free Open Source dispatching application based on GMaps >> > capabilities. (I'm satisfied that it complies with the TOS.) Since >> > it's free, it's drawn a good bit of interest fm the 'budget- >> > challenged' emergency response communities, esp the hams who operate >> > on a shoestring and provide emergency communications when the 'balloon >> > has gone up'; like there's no, repeat, no, Internet access. >> >> > So our need is for a source of map data/images that's free/cheap, that >> > covers the US (at least) to a street-level resolution, and that has a >> > decent API available. >> >> > The fore-mentioned being what it takes, IMO, to provide for some kind >> > of mapping capability without the Internet. (By the latter phrase, I >> > mean that a web server/browser architecture/configuration wd be >> > satisfactory if it cd operate without Internet access.) >> >> > I've been poking around (Delorme, National Geographic) without >> > success, but the collective experience here might be able to point me >> > at possible solutions. Thanks, all. >> >> Open Streetmap, the US portion is largely constructed of US census >> bureau data with some >> improvements... free and updating and updateable. >> >> Open Layers is already a solid API (no wheel re-inventing required) > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
