On Mon, 11 May 2015, Adrian Tribe wrote:
> Has anyone recently developed, either in-house or working with an
> external developer,
> an interactive campus map?
Yup (though of course we don't have a campus...):
http://map.cam.ac.uk/
> If so, could you share what technology you
> used,
OpenStreetMap data, bespoke PHP/Postgres app on Linux.
> and if you
> worked with an outside company, can you let me know the details,
> assuming you would
> recommend them?!
We ended up using a local OpenStreetMap developer. Happy to pas on their
details to anyone interested.
> There is a desire to redevelop the map feature on our site, and the
> person charged with
> investigating this rather likes ones that she has seen that have
> rollovers and info boxes
> popping up etc. The example she really likes is Flash-based, but none
> of the ones I've
> seen that use either OpenStreetMap or Google Maps have been quite so,
> er, flashy, if
> you'll forgive the pun. Can anyone point me to some really good
> examples that don't
> use Flash?
My feeling is that Flash is dieing -- on the Linux desktop it's only
available in Chrome -- and I'd be worried about any new strategic
development based on it.
Jon.
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Jon Warbrick
Information Systems Manager, University of Cambridge Information Services
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