I have been researching the best practices with tile servers and how to integrate real cartographic analysis into tile based RIA applications. The results are very interesting with respect to several limitations and also quality.
Tile based RIA applications are becoming more prevalent in the web community because of their responsiveness and flexibility. The current implementations are based on simple APIs, this is excellent for rapid prototyping and creating a site quickly. But it also limits the application when it comes to real data analysis.
In the February MapXtreme Users Group (MUG) we discuss how PBBI products can act as a tile provider and data analysis engine for tile base RIA applications. The talk goes into some of the details and limitations of the current MashUp type RIA application and describes a more complete architecture that allows complex data analysis and how to produce better cartographic maps. Check out the recorded session as well as other MapXtreme recorded sessions and slides at:
The code and description of the basic architecture are available for download at the PBBI Code Exchange:
http://www.mapinfo.com/for-developers/code-exchange
Coming in the May MapXtreme Online User Group we’ll have a sneak peak at what Engineering has been working on.
We hope to see you there.
Hi,
I have a problem with that example code. It is not working in release mode. I mean if I show the directory as web site it is working in visual studio. But when I create a site in IIS and show that directory as root, it fills “tables availables” but not overlays MapInfo layer into Google Map.
Is there anything that necassary to done before moving its mode to release?