26th April 2009, 11:48 AM
Quite agree with that.. What I would add is that perhaps it is not the online maps that have limitations, it is the implementation of said maps..
Take for example some very sophisticated mapping systems.. that show its more about how you do it, rather than the limitations of technology.
http://gaialab.asu.edu/home/JadisTM.html (temporal JADIS Map of Jordanian Sites)
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/UKAr...fault.aspx
(catalogue search of various heritage elements in the UK)
http://www.timemap.net/index.php?option=...Itemid=166
(Timemap project)
OR to show a similar sophisticated system but not in Archaeology where complex data can be sorted, shown and manipulated:
http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/a...odeGallery
Where ARCGIS is connected directly to Googlemaps
Or here... a real (Spanish example of linking GIS to Googlemaps - although simple - click a GIS feature and you get a number - the info bubble could contain anything)
http://mapas.seiasanorte.com/mapas/
Also read this thought provoking article
http://highearthorbit.com/is-googlemaps-gis/
Is GoogleMaps GIS?
Would be more than happy to be funded to provide HERs with an all singing all dancing mapping service. (Can it be done... yes it can... We already have)
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli
Take for example some very sophisticated mapping systems.. that show its more about how you do it, rather than the limitations of technology.
http://gaialab.asu.edu/home/JadisTM.html (temporal JADIS Map of Jordanian Sites)
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/UKAr...fault.aspx
(catalogue search of various heritage elements in the UK)
http://www.timemap.net/index.php?option=...Itemid=166
(Timemap project)
OR to show a similar sophisticated system but not in Archaeology where complex data can be sorted, shown and manipulated:
http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/a...odeGallery
Where ARCGIS is connected directly to Googlemaps
Or here... a real (Spanish example of linking GIS to Googlemaps - although simple - click a GIS feature and you get a number - the info bubble could contain anything)
http://mapas.seiasanorte.com/mapas/
Also read this thought provoking article
http://highearthorbit.com/is-googlemaps-gis/
Is GoogleMaps GIS?
Would be more than happy to be funded to provide HERs with an all singing all dancing mapping service. (Can it be done... yes it can... We already have)
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli