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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] google maps |
| Date: |
02/16/2005 08:40:02 AM |
| From: |
Bill Thoen |
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Michael Gould wrote:
> Yes, another example of how, when you want to paint fast maps on the
> screen, you don't need a heavy GIS-based solution behind the scenes, only a
> clever programmer. Terraserver demonstrated this several years back: lots
> of server power and lots of GBs, but a simple concept for retrieval and
> visualization. The swiss map is even simpler, because they manage fewer
> possible tiles.
Makes you wonder why most of the major popular GIS applications (Mapquest,
MapPoint, Terraserver, and now Google) are being developed by companies
not known for their GIS capabilities.
- Bill Thoen
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