Trying out Geoserver + Googlemaps

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Trying out Geoserver + Googlemaps

by shoaib

With a dearth of street data for Pakistan on the default mapping resource of the world (Googlemaps) I decided to try putting up some of the data I had lying around the house. Using Geoserver as a WMS layer on top of Google maps results were quite impressive. Here's Karachi and the tomb of the founder of Pakistan (M. A. Jinnah).

One can get some impressive results using the SLD support in Geoserver WMS. The site is not live yet but it will be soon. I am just trying to come up with something a bit more useful than pretty roads.

Published: December 15, 2006

Filed Under: OGC, WebGIS, opensource

Danish Ali

I was wondering if you (or anyone you know) has been able to integrate the street information with a program like Google Maps so that driving directions can be made available online say?

I know Google has started an initiative called crowdsourcing to map the streets in India- but think that the same is atleast a few years away for Pakistan.

shoaib

We got it through a data vendor. Contact me so I can give you their details.

sami

Hi Shoaib

I am working on PostGIS - can you please tell me where you found the data for the Karachi street maps - is there anywhere you can find street data for other cities?

Thanks

Sami

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