So you have found lots of interactive spatial data via Mapdex, but you want more.  Where is the application that dedicated programmers and GIS specialists have built around these mapservices?  Unfortunately Mapdex does not index the actual application that gets built around a mapservice.  The application is where a mapservice gets turned into a rich web application (built with JSP, ColdFusion MX, ASP, .NET, JAVA, JavaScript, etc.).  The default map viewers on Mapdex are built as generic applications that work with any mapservice (one in Flash, the other in ColdFusion MX).  These allow you to simply view the mapservice, but they lack the intricate knowledge of the data to make rich web based applications.

We are thinking of ways to get users of Mapdex back to the original application, but for now if you find a dataset or mapservice that looks interesting try searching for the server on Google.  For example, look for the “chrisweb.dpi.qld.gov.au” server on Google by searching on this, “inurl:chrisweb.dpi.qld.gov.au”

In the future we hope to have a place where application owners can add links to specific applications for specific mapservices.  In the mean time, Google it!

Jeremy