On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 11:33:24AM -0800, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > and note: we already have scripts that transform some of the ASF data > into RDF already. > > As for an 'apache mapping' project, I think you *seriously* > underestimate the amount of resources required to run such a service.
+1! > There are two "tile servers" available to the public: one is run my > Microsoft (part of terraserver, *not* virtualearth), one is run by NASA > (as part of the infrastructure that powers WorldWind). As it happens, I run the server than handles an awful lot (I'm not sure what proportion) of the NASA imagery and have many many terabytes of it, in many many millions of files. So if anyone wants good access to this material, it's not entirely outside the bounds of possibility, we could make it happen. > I would personally very much like apache to host the software that > clones the javascript part of google maps in an open source way, but > running the tile server is going to require massive amount of technical > infrastructure. > > A much better idea is to partner with NASA and Coral > > http://coralcdn.org/ I don't think Coral is quite up to it, just yet, but the network of mirrors might be. That's the approach that WorldWind is using already. The sizes of the datasets are somewhat onerous though, and a very large proportion of the work is non-software, which kind of calls into question whether a Software Foundation is the right place to do such a thing. -- Colm MacCárthaigh Public Key: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
