[ajug-members] Mapping APIs

[Paul Bemowski]

A couple years ago I did a decent mapping system in Swing with OpenMap:
http://openmap.bbn.com/

It is a GIS system, and can take map data in many formats.  You can use basic
political outlines within the US, then add a layer for your own stuff - just drawing
on a map canvas with their simple drawing tools.  

You would need something to convert addresses to Lat/Long.  

I believe it supports a web based scenario - producing static images.  It would be
more static than dynamic (not ajax, google maps style).  

It can be processor hungary for good GIS data sets.

Consider downloading and running their demo, which is swing based, and pretty cool.

Paul

--- Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for a simple mapping API to integrate in our J2EE
> application.  What I'm looking for is a system that displays the US or
> other location and then plots icons based on addresses that are stored
> in the database. I've spent several hours looking at Google Maps but
> have some reservations.  My #1 issue is that it is not on our server and
> requires an external connection to the Internet that we our our
> customers may not allow.  It shows roads and satellite images.  We don't
> really care about roads.  
> 
> I had someone tell me this:
> 
> "I would like to see a map of the US with icons depicting were all our
> devices were located. I then can look at that map and see any problem
> spots."
> 
> I'm looking for something that can be contained in the server and
> generate the image with the icons.  
> 
> Any pointers? 
> 
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