Hi all-

We have made a few changes to the Mapdex site.  Here is a rundown...

Raster () and Vector () layer identification.



Selection of either the Raster or Vector thumbnail image will take you to our new layer info page.  From this page you can get a quick preview of the layer.  If scale dependency is an issue for a layer you can randomly try and zoom to the appropriate geographic envelope to view the high resolution gis layer.  Praveen has done a nice job with this page.



This page also allows you to launch the layer and its associated map service into the new Mapdex map viewer.  If the projection is set, then you can also launch the layer into Google Earth. 



As you from the above image, the new Mapdex viewer is Flash based.  Flash is a very nice environment for creating interactive mapping application.  My colleague, Asif I., is the Flash wiz in our group.  Send me an email if you are interested in finding out more about the application.  We still have a few bugs to tweak so let us know if you see something that could perform better.

Cheers,

Jeremy