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How to create shortest route and multiple routes service using openlayers?

I created a digital database of many important features and locations of my city. and I want to create a web application in which shortest distance between two locations can be calculated and ...
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When we type an address in search bar, in some web mapping applications like google maps, a list of words automatically displayed from the database.

What is actually happening behind the code and how should be the code? when we search for a specifc word, will it look in the database (here it is postGIS) and lists the similar words.
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How to set up a background map in WGS84 projection for interactive map?

I've started developing my own interactive map and I have some things which are not clear to me. I heard that OSM, Google maps and all similar maps use Google Mercator projection. But if I use that ...
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What is the best web editor and server for postgis?

I'm looking for a web editor (similar to openstreetmap) that works with an map Server (postGIS). This should permit edit and create new structures on map. What is the best option? Can you help me? ...
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Instructions for building a Flex App using open source PostGIS DB and Geoserver

Anyone have a link for a good guide on how to build a Flex app to work with Open source REST services? I am familiar with how to do it in ESRI and Arc Server Manager, but don't want to pay for a ...
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Wanting to build Web Mapping Application

I am wanting to build a web mapping application and am trying to gather all the pieces that I'll need. Is it possible to build REST services with opensource Geoserver from an ArcMap document and tools ...
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Setting up an online map site [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Steps to Start Web Mapping I have taken on setting up a database which stores information of an annual country-wide survey of alien aquatic weeds, linked to a GIS ...
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GIS-based reporting and maintenance tool

Background Conceptually, I am looking for a tool, or suite of software tools that can be readily integrated to help browse data using a GIS-based map (such as Google Maps). The proposed architecture ...
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Interactive geographic region definitions

Background An organization has regions within a province, but has no list of coordinates that define region boundaries. I would like to draw custom polygon areas on a map using a web-based and ...
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Data visualization and maintenance tool

Background Looking to leverage an existing GIS system for exploring organizational data. Architecture The following figure represents a high-level overview of the system's desired features: The ...
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How to choose between Markers and Features for drawing Openlayers objects?

Yesterday I was trying to create first mock-ups of my GPS tracker interface, and was exploring the available OpenLayers objects for drawing on a map. I began with simple task - placing a marker on a ...
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Web mapping software for a huge raster time series?

I'm an ArcGIS Desktop user who is stepping into the world of web mapping for the first time. Following advice I found here on GIS.SE, I started with the free tutorials from OpenGeo. However, I ...
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Memory considerations for cloud based GeoStack

Some time ago I asked about hardware considerations of cloud based GeoStack implementation. As a follow up to this question There are some good pointers in related question already, but they mainly ...
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How to create Vector Polygons at the same amazing speeds GISCloud is able to render them?

EDIT (outlining new bounty added): I have added the largest bounty possible to this question in hope of getting a very detailed answer. Your solution should outline a step-by-step guide utilizing open ...
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Reduce Tracking Data Set

I'm building an application that uses data from GPS units on board vehicles and displays it on a map. A lat/long is recorded every .5 seconds and a session can be many hours... this can add up to be a ...
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How to create a simple front-end for a PostGIS database?

My organisation collects a lot of environmental monitoring data (stream flow, water chemistry etc.) most of which is currently stored in Excel. I’d like to get everything into a database – probably ...
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Organizing PostGIS data of a large database for fast dynamic user searching

I have a large amount of GIS data, roughly 30 layers, each with 50,000 to 100,000 (Geo)records. Some of this data is GPS collected points, others are POI, some is government provided data (roads, ...
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Data entry and manipulation using web pages

I am working on a project where we want to move a database from Microsoft Access to PostGIS, and we want the data entry forms to be web page based rather than forms within the Access database. I am ...
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Render vectors from OSM data in POSTGIS database

I'm a newbie when it comes to mapping application. I had successfully loaded my OpenstreetMap data in a Postgresql/PostGIS database. Now my problem is how to render the vector data (the POI's, ways, ...
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Options for displaying PostGIS vectors in OpenLayers

I am very new to web-mapping, so this question may be a little misguided. I want to have a very simple web interface using OpenLayers (or even Google Maps if that will be easier) which can display a ...