<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Yes, if you don't need Google-specific functionality, OpenLayers might be a good option. Let us know how you make out!</div><div><br></div><div>- Michael</div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Axel von Bertoldi <bertoldia@gmail.com><br>To: Andrew Turner <ajturner@highearthorbit.com><br>Cc: Michael Pelz Sherman <mpelzsherman@yahoo.com>; mapstraction@lists.mapstraction.com<br>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:27:29 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Mapstraction] Map functionality while offline<br><br><div dir="ltr">Great, thanks! I'll look at open layers.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Andrew Turner <span dir="ltr"><<a
rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ajturner@highearthorbit.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ajturner@highearthorbit.com">ajturner@highearthorbit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Michael Pelz Sherman<br>
<<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mpelzsherman@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mpelzsherman@yahoo.com">mpelzsherman@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Axel.<br>
> The "right" way to do this is to use a local Google Earth Enterprise server<br>
> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://earth.google.com/enterprise/earth_enterprise.html">http://earth.google.com/enterprise/earth_enterprise.html</a>).<br>
> Unfortunately this software costs around $100K, and still does not provide<br>
> support for many of the Google Maps API features (such as geocoding).<br>
> I would not mess with that "ogmaps" stuff - it's almost certainly a<br>
> violation of Google's TOC.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>The *best* way to do this would be to use OpenLayers, which is<br>
open-source & free, and can load local tiles. You can download and run<br>
the OpenLayers JS locally, just like Mapstraction.<br>
<br>
A slick solution would be to use Mapstraction and switch from Google<br>
to OpenLayers depending on connectivity - or you could just use<br>
OpenLayers all the time.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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> - Michael<br>
><br>
> ----- Original Message ----<br>
> From: Axel von Bertoldi <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bertoldia@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:bertoldia@gmail.com">bertoldia@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mapstraction@lists.mapstraction.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mapstraction@lists.mapstraction.com">mapstraction@lists.mapstraction.com</a><br>
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:11:55 PM<br>
> Subject: [Mapstraction] Map functionality while offline<br>
><br>
> Hello all,<br>
><br>
> I currently have a small mapping application using the Google Maps API which<br>
> I'm planning to migrate to mapstraction. This application will mainly<br>
> operate "online", but will occasionally run in a private network not<br>
> connected to the web. Obviously this will break everything.<br>
><br>
> So, I'm wondering if there is a way to run a mapping application while not<br>
> connected to the web. I will be providing my own map tiles, so access to the<br>
> map data is not the issue. Rather, the issue is retaining the map<br>
> functionality which (I believe) means still having access to all the<br>
> JavaScript mapstraction calls for the service one is using (Google in my<br>
> case). I'd probably also need access to markers.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have ideas or hints about how to implement this or if it's even<br>
> possible? I've stumbled upon this which, while it neither works not lets one<br>
> use the API, does hint at how it could be done. I'm pretty new a JavaScript<br>
> and online maps, and while I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty, I'd like to<br>
> know if this is a dead end before I spend too much time on it.<br>
><br>
> Any info would be appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> axel.<br>
><br>
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