Comments on: ArcGIS Online Moves to Standard Web Map Tiling Scheme – That’s the Way I Like It!

By: lol

lol — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:36:56 +0000

the most brilliant comment i’ve seen on this blog!

By: Kirk Kuykendall

Kirk Kuykendall — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:51:26 +0000

Now I'm really worried about those women skiing to the south pole. Once they pass 85 deg south, no telling what might happen.

Antarctica is shrinking fast enough without cartographers making the situation worse.

By: James Fee

James Fee — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:21:50 +0000

When working in web mercator for web apps I reprojected into that projection to speed things up. While AGS can reproject on the fly pretty darn well, it does add up over time.

So yes, I would keep a second copy of the data.

By: handsomeJohnny

handsomeJohnny — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:19:14 +0000

James: what SRS are you keeping your source data in, and if different than web mercator, are you keeping a seperate copy of your data? if not what method are you using for building the cache?

By: Archie Belaney

Archie Belaney — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:27 +0000

Ouch, I feel old...saw KC and his band shakin' it on a Brooklyn rooftop in the summer of '76. Now THAT was a party. Sigh.

Oh, right - maps.

I think it's an interesting move. Modified Mercator and 256x256 tiles are strikingly similar to the world according to Google.

Will this make it any easier for folks to step off Google services and shake it with Jack and the SoCal Band? Keep it Comin', Love.