[ka-Map-users] Re: [Freegis-list] ka-Map: new open source project

[Paul Spencer]

Radim,

there is no support for anything other than simple navigation and the 
tiling mechanism that makes it look cool.  These are features that could 
be added, but I am not sure that this would be the right package to 
build that kind of functionality on top of.

It is aimed primarily at a certain type of application and is 
particularly well suited to a 'location-based-services' type of 
application that has static base map information and dynamic point 
locations coming from queries etc.

With this in mind, I expect that if it does get used, it will be as a 
component inside other packages that provide additional functionality 
(like MapBender, MapBuilder, GeoServer, Chameleon etc)

However, I am often suprised with the innovative ideas that come out of 
the MapServer community and I am eager to see if there are ways it can 
be used that I have not yet anticipated.

Cheers

Paul

Radim Blazek wrote:
>>Hi Radim,
>>
>>We appreciate the complement.
>>
>>There is no transaction support, but i suppose if you tie this in with
>>something like geoserver it could be done.
> 
> 
> What does it mean 'transaction' in this context?
> I am interested in a function which can be used to collect interactively 
> coordinates of a new vector feature (point, line, polygon) in the current map.
> 
> 
>>There is some plans for a dynamic addition of points based on a client's
>>search, however no plans yet for lines or polygon vectors.  We'd love
>>some help with this if you're interested in contributing, as soon as the
>>source code is made available...or you can file an enhancement bug in
>>www.maptools.org/bugzilla using the ka-Map product and core component.
> 
> 
> OK, I am curious if there is some support for polygons with islands in javascript.
> Are there available objects for OGC simple features in ka-map?
> Do you plan to support vector layers (transfered and drawn vectors) in addition 
> to transparent raster tiles?
> 
> Radim
>  
> 
>>Thanks for your interest Radim.
>>
>>jeff
>>
>>Radim Blazek wrote:
>>
>>>It looks nice,
>>>
>>>questions:
>>>- does it have some sort of support for digitization
>>>- is it possible to draw vector features on top of the map,
>>>  possibly dynamic (I mean using ka-Map's API)
>>>
>>>Radim
> 
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