Larry,
Here is a link for you
http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/imfows13/imf.jsp?site=idt
This is an application built on top of the Internet Mapping Framework.
It was developed in Canada for the British Columbia Government. It's not
a free product but it has some interesting features such as being able
to draw new features on the map
Note: Drawing in HTML is a huge hack you basically take a line drawing
algorithm and add a DIV to a page for each horizontal or vertical line
segment
http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm
Anyway these might provide some ideas for your project.
Paul
Larry Becker wrote:
Thank you all for your comments. They were very helpful. From what I
have seen, we may be on the crux of a new era of web GIS. Demos like
http://crschmidt.net/mapping/wpserverdemo/index.html
<http://crschmidt.net/mapping/wpserverdemo/index.html> (OpenLayers on
top of WPServer) show what can be done.
However, it all does still look a bit experimental from where I
stand. Since my project is going to last several years (forever in
internet time), it would appear to be wise to sit it out for a while
and see what shakes out. It is hard to know who the big players will
be. The old guard of GIS, ESRI, AutoDesk, and the like seem almost
insignificant beside the likes of Google, Microsoft, and the growing
open source movement.
regards,
Larry
On Nov 7, 2007 8:01 AM, Nutsch, Bob D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Hi Larry,
I wonder if GeoServer, with it's transactional WFS capabilities,
would be of assistance? That, along with OpenLayers may provide
your client with some of the needed tools.
Regards, Bob
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*Subject:* [jump-users] Slightly off topic:The state of web GIS
Hello all,
I'm in the early stages of a new, but long anticipated
software project involving GIS. My assumption has always been
that the role of the GIS client would be filled by SkyJUMP,
and the role of the GIS server would be filled by ESRI
Arc-something. Recently, I've been pressured by the clients
to adopt a web 2.0 approach to the project for the usual
reasons, ease of deployment, maintenance, and certification.
Unfortunately, the client GIS definitely needs to support
fairly heavy data creation and editing capabilities, plus I
need to perform a good bit of customization to integrate it
with another application that will be a consumer of some of
the GIS data. The direction that I have been pointed by the
clients is toward ArcServer's new Web Editing capability.
However, we have found that ESRI changes the direction of
their platform every three or four years, leaving frustrated
early adopters in their wake. To paraphrase Obi-Wan, "I would
prefer to avoid any ESRI entanglements."
So my question for all of you GIS gurus out there is, "What
is the state of web GIS?" Can the current state of the art
handle my scenario, or is it still too soon?
And since this is a JUMP users discussion list, I'll also
pose the question, "Could JUMP be morphed into an editing web
client?"
best regards,
Larry Becker
Integrated Systems Analysts, Inc.
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