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I have noticed that a lot of Mapdex site users want to query by address. At first it didn't make sense to me. I am a GIS user. I did not think outside the box. It actually makes perfect sense. The general public doesn't want to know about GIS map services. They want to find maps around their local geography. "What maps are available around my house?" They don't even want to know about XML, web services, GIS, API, etc. They just want the map.
We are working on allowing the user to query by location. Let them enter an address, a zip code, a city, a place name, etc. and we will find all the map services in that general area. Using ESRI's ArcWeb services we can geocode the address and show the user what map services are available.
It brings up issues of projection definitions (or lack thereof) in map services, but that is for later post...
Stay tuned.
Jeremy
We are working on allowing the user to query by location. Let them enter an address, a zip code, a city, a place name, etc. and we will find all the map services in that general area. Using ESRI's ArcWeb services we can geocode the address and show the user what map services are available.
It brings up issues of projection definitions (or lack thereof) in map services, but that is for later post...
Stay tuned.
Jeremy
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