>From a business perspective, an investment in OL doesn't restrict you to one vendor, so that if in the future you decide you want to stop paying heaps of money to a vendor and switch to a free solution, you can.
Proprietary stuff is so 1990's :) Seriously, I have no idea about the ESRI JS stuff, mainly because of the above reason z 2008/9/30 Robert Sanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well, to me it looks like ESRI only supports ESRI-sourced datasets. Very > little support for other types of data sources. In contrast, OL supports a > wide range of datasources. > > Cheers, > > Robert > >>>> "Richard Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 30/09/2008 4:01 p.m. >>>> >>> > Has anyone done a comparison of, or wish to comment on, OpenLayers > versus ESRI's JavaScrip API? I am reasonably familiar with OpenLayers > but completely new to the ESRI API so I am having difficulty comparing > the two. I am looking for a very high level comparison for a > presentation that I am preparing. > > Thanks, > Rich > > -- > Richard Greenwood > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.greenwoodmap.com > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The contents of this email are confidential to AsureQuality. If you have > received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately and > delete the message and any attachments. The opinions expressed in this email > are not necessarily those of AsureQuality. This message has been scanned for > known viruses before delivery. AsureQuality supports the Unsolicited > Electronic Messages Act 2007. If you do not wish to receive similar > communications in future, please notify the sender of this message. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. > www.surfcontrol.com > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > -- Zac Spitzer - http://zacster.blogspot.com (My Blog) +61 405 847 168 _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
