Comments on: Crossing the Mapping Chasm http://whiteafrican.com/2008/05/12/crossing-the-mapping-chasm/ Where Africa and Technology Collide! Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JKE http://whiteafrican.com/2008/05/12/crossing-the-mapping-chasm/comment-page-1/#comment-102196 JKE Wed, 14 May 2008 18:51:55 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1008#comment-102196 I think this also depends on the nature of what maps are right now and where they still need to be brought. What are maps anyways? Just a graphical tool to combine facts? Or much more than that? As for me, I am still dreaming about a smart, simple & straight forward WebGIS with endless layers from a world-view up to a local 1:5000 level that may be customized with an API. Similar to GoogleMaps, but much better georeferenced. Oh, and I like this timeline above. Agree with the placing of the current maps ease-of-use status because there may already be services like http://www.mapbuilder.net/ but anything advanced still requires some coding. I think this also depends on the nature of what maps are right now and where they still need to be brought. What are maps anyways? Just a graphical tool to combine facts? Or much more than that?

As for me, I am still dreaming about a smart, simple & straight forward WebGIS with endless layers from a world-view up to a local 1:5000 level that may be customized with an API. Similar to GoogleMaps, but much better georeferenced.

Oh, and I like this timeline above. Agree with the placing of the current maps ease-of-use status because there may already be services like http://www.mapbuilder.net/ but anything advanced still requires some coding.

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