[Freegis-list] ka-Map: new open source project

[Radim Blazek]

It looks nice,

questions:
- does it have some sort of support for digitization
- is it possible to draw vector features on top of the map,
   possibly dynamic (I mean using ka-Map's API)

Radim


Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Here's the official word on a new project in the web mapping realm, i'll 
> be requesting to have this added to freegis.org shortly:
> 
> jeff
> 
> 
> ka-Map: new open source project
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> http://ka-Map.maptools.org/
> 
> DM Solutions Group is pleased to annouce the release of a new MapTools
> open source project aimed at the growing interest in highly interactive,
> javascript mapping applications based on MapServer.  Here are some
> details ...
> 
> ka-Map provides many of the features that one should expect in a
> state-of-the-art web-mapping application.
> 
> Features include:
> 
> * tile-based continuous panning
> 
> * no page reloading
> 
> * keymap, legend and scalebar
> 
> * zoom in/zoom out
> 
> * keyboard navigation
> 
> * sliding effects for panning on double click (ok, that one's for fun!)
> 
> We have also implemented some advanced features that are more in tune
> with the MapServer community's needs:
> 
> * configuration can include multiple map files with different extents,
> image formats, and scales for each map file.  Client side interface can
> include the ability to change between map files
> 
> * ability to have layer visibility controls by drawing each GROUP as a
> separate HTML layer on the client side
> 
> * ability to use HTML legend template to build more advanced layer controls
> 
> * flexible tile caching system
> 
> * separation of the javascript logic from the HTML page to provide an
> API with which to build your applications
> 
> ka-Map is built on AJAX principles and uses the XmlHttpRequest object to
> communicate with the server, providing a much more responsive user
> interface.  The server side is implemented using PHP/MapScript (what
> else!) but could easily be replaced with anything that would spit out
> the equivalent javascript in response to the various requests.
> 
> ka-Map uses cached tiles generated on demand by drawing much larger map
> images and slicing them up.  The caching mechanism is currently quite
> simplistic and could not handle large data projects, but it is
> definitely sufficient for getting started.  There are issues with this
> kind of tile generation, but it is almost essential for performance
> given the current state of the art.
> 
> ka-Map is aiming to be an API for developing mapping applications.  As
> such, we are hoping it will be picked up by, and integrated into, some
> of the other open source projects such as MapBender, ZMapServer,
> GeoServer, and (of course) Chameleon.
> 
> The home of ka-Map is:
> 
> http://ka-Map.maptools.org
> 
> Downloads and CVS are not quite ready, but you can try out the interface
> by visiting our first public site based on this technology (basic
> features only in this one):
> 
> http://maps.dmsolutions.ca/
> 
> Subscribe to the user list to find out when downloads and CVS access are
> available, and also to participate in the ongoing development and
> testing of this new technology.
> 
> http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/ka-map-users
> 
> We are hoping this project will engage the MapServer community's
> interest and gain momentum from user contributions.  Please join up and
> start contributing if you are interested in this technology!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Paul
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