Open Source Powers Local Search Downunder
ZoomIn is the “Google Map/Local” (I’m aware that the “Local” name is no longer in use) for Australia that apparently beat Google to the punch downunder. New Zealand is on the docket. Apparently, ProjectX, the company behind the sites licensed local data and jumped ahead. Cool. The site allows users to input their places of interest. Also cool.
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Here’s the interesting part for me, if I understand it correctly: per the technical director at ProjectX the apps are built on ka-Map. Never heard of it? It’s a DM Solutions begun open source project built on MapServer that puts a spiffy “Google Maps-like” client on the browser.
via O’Reilly Radar
by Adena Schutzberg on 05/05 at 06:51 AM |
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