[OGDev] hello... maps, openstreetmap, mapstraction

[IvorW]

Tom Carden wrote:

>Hello list,
>
>I spoke to Ivor today at the inaugural London Javascript Night about a
>new library we've spun off from OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)
>called Mapstraction (www.mapstraction.com).
>
>Basically, Mapstraction is a minimal layer of javascript which defines
>a common interface to Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and MS Virtual Earth.
>In the future it will also provide a javascript interface to
>OpenStreetMap.  The idea is that you can use the Google Maps API now,
>because it's great, but if their terms and conditions change, or they
>start serving ads in maps, or Yahoo has better maps, or whatever, then
>you can switch provider with one line of code. (We decided not to
>clone the Google API exactly, but it's very similar).
>
>Clearly, it's a foot in the door for OpenStreetMap (which should suit
>open projects like Open Guides) but if you have a business model
>predicated on free maps from Google you might also be interested.
>
>In order to make sure we're writing useful code, we'd like to offer to
>look at the Open Guides maps code (and hopefully convert it to
>Mapstraction) - can somebody point me at the right bit? Also, if
>anyone's interested in helping out, please visit our site and join the
>mailing list: www.mapstraction.com
>
>Thanks for your attention,
>
>Tom.
>
>  
>
Welcome to OpenGuides. Thanks for the prompt response.

You can find the OpenGuides dev trac installation at
http://dev.openguides.org

The bulk of the stuff for Google Maps is in templates/map_index.tt and
you can browse the svn trunk on the trac site.

Enjoy.