here's an interesting way to overlay your vector GIS data on Google Maps: http://vgmap.eyebeamresearch.org/
best, vineet_sc --- David Mendels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Claus, > > Not open source, so this may not be of interest, but > the folks from ESRI > (http://www.esri.com/) were at MAX showing a > extensive set of public web > services for map and route data together with a set > of UI components in > Flex, and SWF/Vector based maps which they converted > from original > source data. It will be available fairly soon (a > bit later this year). > That said, it isn't open source, so forgive me if > irrelevent to you. > > -David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Claus Wahlers > > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:08 AM > > To: Open Source Flash Mailing List > > Subject: [osflash] GIS data > > > > Anyone here into GIS? > > I'm searching for up-to-date (!), free (!), > detailed and complete > > (world) vector data of administrative country > borders, > > possibly also state/river/lake data. > > Searching through heaps of bullshit edu/gov/mil > sites, the > > most appropriate match i found would be the > "Digital Chart of > > the World", or VMAP0 (from nga.mil), a > gigabyte-sized, quite > > detailed collection of more or less everything. > The problem > > is that the VPF format they use is rather > sophisticated and > > complicated, and there are no free tools to > convert it into a > > simpler format such as SHP (there is one, > MICRODEM, but it > > refuses to work on my machine). I'd much prefer a > less > > sophisticated SHP format (i found numerous SHP > resources, but > > most of them are either incomplete, outdated or > payware). > > The alternative would be to sit down a few months > and grok > > VPF to write a VPF2SHP converter, extracting the > data > > relevant for me, but i wouldn't really want to do > that ;) Anyone? > > cheers, > > claus. > > > > ps: i'm thinking about writing an open source > worldmap > > app/component for fp8.5/flex, just in case anyone > would want > > to join me > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
