[Talk-ca] Opendata group Analysis

[Gregory]

On 24 April 2010 16:44, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The reason I've posted in both CA and Newbies is we don't appear to have
> the same capabilities in OpenStreetMap unless I'm missing something and
> their applications use Google Map as a background image and sticks the icons
> in on top.  Anyone have any knowledge of what they are doing or how they are
> doing it?


It's easier/cleaner to do 'mashups' with the Google API. With the options
from OpenStreetMap you need to be brave looking at javascript, but it can be
just as quick to do. There are some helpful examples of using
OpenLayers(powers the 'slippy map' on osm.org) at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers

<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers>I believe someone is working
on making it easier to do lots of drawing functions over the map, like you
can with Google. They are doing it as a Google Summer of Code project, but
I'd wait and see what actually comes out of it at the end of the summer.

Some people use the Google API(I've never looked at it myself) and you can
display OSM maps instead of the Google maps (it still has the powered by
Google logo, but displays an OSM copyright message instead of
TeleAtlas/NavTeq). I think this is usually for people that have built a
webpage/site and later decide to use OSM without rewriting their displaying
code. The page for that is here
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example


Note, I'm not on the Newbies list, so my message will have to be approved or
if it is helpful someone can forward it over.

-- 
Gregory
osm at livingwithdragons.com
http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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