Hi Renier,

Thanks for your email.

I'm not familiar with the OSM API although I intuitively thought they were
indeed some conceptual differences with Google API.

For the time being, no need to have the ugandawatch code, thanks.

Cheers for the javascript libs as well,
Gael

On 21 June 2011 07:08, Reinier Battenberg <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Gael,
>
> I'm not so sure if you can compare fusion tables & osm directly. Fusion
> tables
> seems to be a way to visualize (lists of) data. Either as a graph, or, like
> you tried, on a map.
>
> OSM is just a map. The OSM API is ment to access the actual Geospatial
> information inside the map. That is something Google does not offer.
>
> Am not aware of any similar products than fusion tables that store your
> data
> in the cloud, and let you then access it again through an api.
>
> There is plenty of javascript visualisation libraries outthere, but they do
> require you to store your own data. Here is a list
> http://sixrevisions.com/javascript/20-fresh-javascript-data-visualization-
> libraries/
>
>
> (And putting graphs on a map is possible with a full blown geoserver + a
> graphing extention. We havent found any other way (it would be real nice if
> there was an easier way), so we created our own for www.ugandawatch.ug The
> code for that is not yet open, but that certainly is the plan. If you need
> it
> now, ask)
>
> --
> rgds,
>
> Reinier Battenberg
> Director
> Mountbatten Ltd.
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>
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