After years of supporting an IE / Windows web map, I am going to make darned sure that our next-gen application is cross-browser. Tonight I kicked it up a notch and tested the platform the kool kids are using this year: Opera on Wii!
Here are some screen shots; I was amazed that it worked (mostly):
Anyone know how to print from a Wii? ;)
This app is not really ready for public consumption yet (problems with data) but you can have a look at it if you want:
Nanaimo Cemetery Map Development Site
It uses MapGuide Open Source and the new Fusion framework being developed by DM Solutions Group. We have used the same platform to develop a mobile boulevard mowing management application, and have a full rewrite of our MapGuide 6.5 application underway as well.
-J
#1 by Sean Gillies on June 21, 2007 - 2:48 pm
Be careful as you develop your web services. You won’t want to let unauthorized people do this:
POST /cemeterymap/ HTTP/1.1
Host: http://mapsdevel.nanaimo.ca
Collin, Rayburn, Nars, Trebek
Zabars, Kresge, Caldor, Walmart
(http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F04.html)
#2 by Jason Birch on June 21, 2007 - 4:10 pm
Hey, we would welcome the traffic… if it reduced our physical security costs. Nothing like a good zombie or two to keep out the riffraff.
#3 by Jackie Ng on June 26, 2007 - 3:34 am
IMO, the wiimote makes a wonderful input device for mapping applications. If it had something similar to a mouse wheel, then it’d be perfect!
#4 by Jason Birch on June 26, 2007 - 11:03 am
Hmm. I wonder if we could hack the nunchuck to provide this function? Brings a new meaning to Map-Fu!