Re: [PHP] Re: PHP and geographic maps

2002-07-12 Thread Richard Lynch
>> But keeping all that junk in the database as 2-D mapping would only be >> needed if you're going to be providing driving directions and keeping all >> the highways and all that crap that MapQuest keeps (I assume). You almost >> for sure don't need all that. > >It seems to me like they still ne

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP and geographic maps

2002-07-12 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Richard Lynch wrote: > NOTE: End-user GPS units are "off" by like 30 meters (?) on purpose so Joe > Blow can't tell the "enemy" how to find the White House and blow it up. > Sigh. You're never gonna beat that error margin without a *LOT* of repeated > readings over a long p

[PHP] Re: PHP and geographic maps

2002-07-12 Thread Lowell Allen
> From: "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> A client wants a database-driven site that records information about real >> estate properties and includes geographic maps of property locations >> (throughout the US). The client has seen a presentation of a >> JavaScript-powered, Windows-only pr

[PHP] Re: PHP and geographic maps

2002-07-11 Thread Richard Lynch
>A client wants a database-driven site that records information about real >estate properties and includes geographic maps of property locations >(throughout the US). The client has seen a presentation of a >JavaScript-powered, Windows-only product that doesn't seem to fit well with >my preference