[ka-Map-users] Future of ka-map?

[Paul Spencer]

For the record, OpenLayers supports all kinds of tile sources, including

* KaMap (uses tile.php),
* MapServer (directly from mapserv cgi, no tile caching),
* WMS (directly from any WMS including MapServer and, if you want  
caching, via TileCache)

Most, if not all, of the features you are looking for are either  
directly supported or actively being worked on in OpenLayers.  You may  
find that you are able to achieve your goals more readily by adopting  
OpenLayers at this point in time.

But then again, diversification in OpenSource can be a good thing  
too.  As I said before, if a project is to advance then it needs a  
healthy community of users and developers.  kaMap doesn't have a  
healthy community of developers right now, and so it is stagnant as a  
project.  But it is a workable code base that has some potential  
advantages in the right situations.  A couple of active developers  
with some vision could take it and produce a compelling solution.

Cheers

Paul

On 31-Jan-08, at 10:01 PM, Toshihiro Hiraoka wrote:

> * Why not OpenLayers?
> - I need and want to draw own tiles.
> - OpenLayers supports mapnik now but no support mapserver tile  
> creation.
> - mapnik is really nice but raster and projection support is not fine.
> - So, I need to draw the tiles by mapserver(tile.php).
> - There is a choice to use "gm". I’m not strong to temptation.


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    Paul Spencer
    Chief Technology Officer
    DM Solutions Group Inc
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