This is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. The two are very different kind of technologies. Google Maps basically renders maps using pre-generated tiles. It has some good API for overlaying KML data, but that data will be rendered client-side by the user's browser so any excessive amounts of data will bring the whole thing to a screeching halt.
Mapguide renders map images that are unique per session. Therefore, it has the ability to turn layers on or off, to personalise the look of a map layer at any time during the session and allow for rendering of custom data generated server-side. The dynamic nature of Mapguide allows you to generate thematics for your layers of data (like say, different colors for traffic levels on a street) and every time Mapguide generates an image of your map, the streets will be colored depending on the current values for the traffic levels. Thematics on layers is something that is very widely used in GIS. There's also the fun thing of mixing both technologies together. Using OpenLayers (www.openlayers.org), it is possible to overlay Google Maps data and Mapguide data. I do believe the very latest version of the Fusion Viewer enables dev. to create a viewer that does this as well. This can be very useful if you want to use Google's basemap and overlay some geometries from your own Mapguide server. You basically get Google's look and feel, plus its speed, along with your data. Keep in mind if your site isn't widely available to the public (no login, non-Intranet, etc), using Google Maps requires a license and there are fees attached to it. Nickthetemp wrote: > > I have never used google maps and I was asked to write a report compairing > the two. > > I am currently using Mapguide enterprise 2010. > > I am just wondering if anyone has any insight of the pros and cons for > using either one or the other? > > Thanks > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/MapGuide-vs-Google-maps-tp3872133p3874106.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
