Is there any Offline Map Libraries for PHP?

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Is there any Offline Map Libraries for PHP?

Hello guys,

is there any offline map libraries that can be used from PHP? I want to make an application which displays all data position of stations (with latitude and longitude) on a map.

But the user doesn't want this application connect to internet, so I can't use Google Maps as a solution. Do you know any offline map libraries that can mark position based latitute and longitude information?

Thanks in advance

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If you need to render graphical maps of anywhere on the globe, you're gonna need a lot of geographical data and a lot of storage (unless you're keeping the resolution low). For geographical data of the U.S., you can purchase bulk data sets (or obtain smaller free data sets) from certain commercial organizations, or try GeoData.gov.

Once you've obtained your GIS data set, you can use Image_GIS to visualize the data. I haven't used the library, so I don't know how the results look, but that's one solution.

Lèse majesté 2010-07-06 10:52:14

http://www.openstreetmap.org/ is another good source for the map data, or http://openmaps.eu/ for eastern european maps

Mark Baker 2010-07-06 10:56:14

I haven't heard openstreetmap.org before. Gonna take a look at it. Thank you

bhoo-day 2010-07-06 11:51:38

@Mark BakerHave you ever put marker/poi on offline openstreetmap based on latitute and longitude?

bhoo-day 2010-07-07 06:53:53

I have already exported my country map from openstreetmap (in PNG format) but now, I'm confused to add marker or poi on it...:(

bhoo-day 2010-07-07 07:17:55

Not on maps from openstreetmap, no! Just on normal jpg files... and mapping long/lat to a pixel position on an image is a whole different question

Mark Baker 2010-07-07 07:34:08

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