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Posted by gzmarketing on March 22, 2007, 2:56 pm
Hi,

We're in need of a way to generate maps with one or two push pins, and
a line connecting them if there are two.

We need to generate these automatically using our software, without
human intervention.

The Census Bureau Tiger Server comes pretty close:
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move&tlevel=-&tvar=-&mlat=38.82496111111111&mlon=-77.284&msym=redpin&mlabel=Whatever&murl=&lat=38.82496&lon=-77.28400&wid=0.350&ht=0.000&iwd=700&iht=400

And would be ideal because you can easily pass variables in the image
URL and get the image back:
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapper/map.gif?lat=38.82496&lon=-77.28400&wid=0.350&ht=0.000&iht=400&iwd=700&tlevel=-&tvar=-&mlat=38.82496111111111&mlon=-77.284&msym=redpin&mlabel=Whatever&murl=

The only problems with this are:

1. The map data is old

2. It doesn't support lines between two points

Does anyone know of a similar product or service that will accomplish
this, or software we could run on our Linux server to do it in-house
(assuming the data is available, which I believe it is).

Thanks!
Brian


Posted by Simon on March 23, 2007, 5:10 am
On Mar 22, 6:56 pm, gzmarket...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> We're in need of a way to generate maps with one or two push pins, and
> a line connecting them if there are two.
> We need to generate these automatically using our software, without
> human intervention.
> The Census Bureau Tiger Server comes pretty
close:http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move ...
> And would be ideal because you can easily pass variables in the image
Assuming you know a little about BASH scripting in Linux (Shell
scripts - fairly straightforward) google for GRASS GIS and use that.

Need more details really, what software do you have, do you have
Mapinfo for starters, do you have Mapbasic exp? Do you need the output
to be online or just digital images?

> URL and get the image
back:http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapper/map.gif?lat=38.82496&lon=-77.2 ...
> The only problems with this are:
> 1. The map data is old
> 2. It doesn't support lines between two points
> Does anyone know of a similar product or service that will accomplish
> this, or software we could run on our Linux server to do it in-house
> (assuming the data is available, which I believe it is).
> Thanks!
> Brian



Posted by suraj on March 24, 2007, 4:16 am
I think what you need here is a map server. A map server is
*basically* a map engine, with the ability to support Web requests for
maps from remote web clients, and serve this data back to the web
client, usually as a raster image. You may read about WMS, WFS etc.

You can easily use google Map API to do what you describe
above...Their data is recent..They provide an API to create pushpin.
But the obvious questions to help you make a decision about hosting a
map server yourself (UMN Mapserver, ArcIMS) or use an online hosted
map server (Google Maps, Yahoo Maps) are:

1) Is the map data yours? I mean the basemap data, which is beneath
the pushpins that you create? If yes, you have to host it. Decice
between Mapserver (Opensource) or MapXtreme, ArcIMS or other
products...

2) I think obviously the Pushpins data (locations of pushpins and
information (attributes) about them) is yours..It must be in a
database or something..In both Self hosted, or Google type, there is
no problem.

HTH,
Suraj


> On Mar 22, 6:56 pm, gzmarket...@gmail.com wrote:> Hi,
> > We're in need of a way to generate maps with one or two push pins, and
> > a line connecting them if there are two.
> > We need to generate these automatically using our software, without
> > human intervention.
> > The Census Bureau Tiger Server comes pretty
close:http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move ...
> > And would be ideal because you can easily pass variables in the image
> Assuming you know a little about BASH scripting in Linux (Shell
> scripts - fairly straightforward) google for GRASS GIS and use that.
> Need more details really, what software do you have, do you have
> Mapinfo for starters, do you have Mapbasic exp? Do you need the output
> to be online or just digital images?
> > URL and get the image
back:http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapper/map.gif?lat=38.82496&lon=-77.2 ...
> > The only problems with this are:
> > 1. The map data is old
> > 2. It doesn't support lines between two points
> > Does anyone know of a similar product or service that will accomplish
> > this, or software we could run on our Linux server to do it in-house
> > (assuming the data is available, which I believe it is).
> > Thanks!
> > Brian- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -



Posted by ujaval@gmail.com on March 26, 2007, 5:39 am
Suraj is right. The easiest solution to your problem is to use a
mapping API from either google,yahoo or microsoft. Each have their own
strengths, so try to explore which one fits your needs better.

To help you get started, here's the link to Google Maps API
documentation. You can sign up for a free API key and play around with
these examples.
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html#Encoded_Polylines

-Ujaval Gandhi
http://gisindia.blogspot.com

> I think what you need here is a map server. A map server is
> *basically* a map engine, with the ability to support Web requests for
> maps from remote web clients, and serve this data back to the web
> client, usually as a raster image. You may read about WMS, WFS etc.
> You can easily use google Map API to do what you describe
> above...Their data is recent..They provide an API to create pushpin.
> But the obvious questions to help you make a decision about hosting a
> map server yourself (UMN Mapserver, ArcIMS) or use an online hosted
> map server (Google Maps, Yahoo Maps) are:
> 1) Is the map data yours? I mean the basemap data, which is beneath
> the pushpins that you create? If yes, you have to host it. Decice
> between Mapserver (Opensource) or MapXtreme, ArcIMS or other
> products...
> 2) I think obviously the Pushpins data (locations of pushpins and
> information (attributes) about them) is yours..It must be in a
> database or something..In both Self hosted, or Google type, there is
> no problem.
> HTH,
> Suraj
> > On Mar 22, 6:56 pm, gzmarket...@gmail.com wrote:> Hi,
> > > We're in need of a way to generate maps with one or two push pins, and
> > > a line connecting them if there are two.
> > > We need to generate these automatically using our software, without
> > > human intervention.
> > > The Census Bureau Tiger Server comes pretty
close:http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move ...
> > > And would be ideal because you can easily pass variables in the image
> > Assuming you know a little about BASH scripting in Linux (Shell
> > scripts - fairly straightforward) google for GRASS GIS and use that.
> > Need more details really, what software do you have, do you have
> > Mapinfo for starters, do you have Mapbasic exp? Do you need the output
> > to be online or just digital images?
> > > URL and get the image
back:http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapper/map.gif?lat=38.82496&lon=-77.2 ...
> > > The only problems with this are:
> > > 1. The map data is old
> > > 2. It doesn't support lines between two points
> > > Does anyone know of a similar product or service that will accomplish
> > > this, or software we could run on our Linux server to do it in-house
> > > (assuming the data is available, which I believe it is).
> > > Thanks!
> > > Brian- Hide quoted text -
> > - Show quoted text -



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