On 19 August 2010 12:26, Andy Mabbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 19 August 2010 08:31, Chris Speed <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> A small JISC grant has enabled a group of us to give public access to historical maps from the National Library of Scotland and Landmark (OS maps).
>
>> It's a free app for the iPhone at the moment and if we have enough success we're hoping to encourage Landmark to release the maps for the entire UK.
>
> That's a limited set of "public" you're giving access to. Instead of
> walled-garden apps, why not make a standards-complaint,
> mobile-friendly website? Preferably using HTML5.
P.S. Or why not upload the maps as a layer in OpenStreetMap?
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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