[Tutor] Using Python for a client interactive map application

[Alexander]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:

> On 05/01/12 15:58, Alexander wrote:
>
>  framework, does anybody have any other suggestions? For example there is
>> a server with all the info about a map, and from a browser a user will
>> be able to view and interact with the map at high speeds.
>>
>
> High speeds? On a web application?
> That usually means JavaScript and Ajax.
>
> That's a non trivial application. It sounds a lot like Google maps?
>
> Have you ever, just for fun, taken a look at the page source on a Google
> maps web page? You probably won't need all of the features of Google Maps
> but it might give you some idea of the scale of your challenge!
>
> Now, accessing a map and displaying it and even making it mouse aware,
> that's a much easier task, but it may not be "high speed"...
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Alan G
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
>
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Yes I'm a little familiar with ajax. My freshman year I did a presentation
on ajax and google maps. Fortunately the scale of this project is far
easier and less complex than Google maps, which I find contain far more
data.

-- 
Alexander
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