21st March 2007, 10:12 PM
The map and techniques used are aimed at both archaeological researchers and non-archaeologists. The point here is that it's easily possible to merge spatial data from different sources and display it on a web page at low cost.
The WMS method was chosen because it allows for a holistic view of 1000s of point data at high zoom. It could just as easily be WFS and process the raw GML data.
Oxford Archaeology made their own decision to provide open access to their data: http://thehumanjourney.net/index.php?opt...Itemid=158 and since they invite people to use the services as they see fit, I see no problem with using it.
I was hoping for a more positive response to this but I can understand the questions on copyright. However, I think you're missing the point. If data is not under copyright restriction then showing it using this freely available technology is nothing to be feared, but should be embraced.
Steve White
The WMS method was chosen because it allows for a holistic view of 1000s of point data at high zoom. It could just as easily be WFS and process the raw GML data.
Oxford Archaeology made their own decision to provide open access to their data: http://thehumanjourney.net/index.php?opt...Itemid=158 and since they invite people to use the services as they see fit, I see no problem with using it.
I was hoping for a more positive response to this but I can understand the questions on copyright. However, I think you're missing the point. If data is not under copyright restriction then showing it using this freely available technology is nothing to be feared, but should be embraced.
Steve White