mapping Amazon S3 for map tile storage and delivery? March 17, 2006 by admin | 1 Comment on Amazon S3 for map tile storage and delivery? Amazon recently launched their new S3 Storage service, and everyone seems to be clamoring to figure out uses for it. Well here is my contribution: map tile storage and serving. Think about it: You want to create your own tile based map delivery (because your boss has been nagging you about it ever since the […] Read more »
mapping Commercial or Public, It’s still all about the data March 15, 2006 by admin | 1 Comment on Commercial or Public, It’s still all about the data My day job at the City of Portland lets me work with really cool data. Take a look at PortlandMaps for example. It has several dozen different datasets all rolled into one easy to navigate interface. The mapping GUI and speed is not up to today’s standards of AJAX based map viewers (yet), but the […] Read more »
mapping Google Maps vs. Yahoo Maps vs. MapQuest – API’s March 10, 2006 by admin | Leave a Comment Since Google Maps launched their API allowing developers to use their mapping service to draw their own data, Yahoo has tried to play catchup with their own API. Well now with MapQuest’s announcement of their new API, it’s now a three way. Which one to choose? Google Maps API Pros: Fluid interface, brilliant looking map […] Read more »