[OSM-talk] Software Freedom Day

[Ulf Lamping]

Serge Wroclawski schrieb:
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Ulf Lamping<ulf.lamping at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Please also note, that it's really easy to switch from OSM to Google
>> maps (and back) if you're using openlayers. But you have to rewrite your
>> javascript code (completely?) if you want to go from the Google API to OSM.
>>
>> So OSM is the "secure choice" to start with ... :-)
> 
> Ulf,
> 
> Have you looked at Mapstraction?
> 
> http://www.mapstraction.com/
> 
> It's an easier sell to tell people to use the Mapstraction layer I
> think, than "all in" to OSM.

I'm sorry, but what's the benefit from using OpenLayers.org?

OpenLayers.org seems to provide the same functionality than Mapstraction 
(or am I missing something obvious?), and the use of openlayers is (at 
least to some degree) documented in the osm wiki.

Regards, ULFL