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POOpenLayers vs Google Maps?
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copied!<p>I have used Google Maps a couple of times, but what wondering about <a href="http://openlayers.org/" rel="noreferrer">OpenLayers</a>. <br>Before starting any kind of coding, here are a couple of questions that come to my mind,</p> <ul> <li>Why would I use OpenLayers instead of Google Maps? <ul> <li>Except for its OSS licence, anyway</li> <li>Did you encounter any situation in which you'd recommend absolutly not using OpenLayers?</li> <li>I did a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=openlayers">search about "OpenLayers" on Stack Overflow</a>; there are not many answers. Does it mean this solution is not used much? Could it be a problem for long-term viability of the project?</li> </ul></li> <li>For those of you who have already used OpenLayers: are there any common pitfalls / problems I may encounter? <ul> <li>What about using a JavaScript Framework with it? I've seen it's using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_JavaScript_Framework" rel="noreferrer">Prototype</a>, and I know Prototype, so that would be OK. But what about using something else like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MooTools" rel="noreferrer">MooTools</a>? <em>(Which is not compatible with Prototype, BTW)</em></li> <li>Are there any kind of speed and performance related problems? I need my application to be responsive and can't wait hours to get a map displayed.</li> </ul></li> <li>Are there maps available for many places, or are there lots of those missing? <ul> <li>That is, I'm in France, and need my application to work at least for big cities... Will that be OK?</li> <li>if not, is it easy to find layers and visualisations for OpenLayers and integrate them?</li> </ul></li> <li>Is there any kind of API to display roads? <ul> <li>For instance, to show roads that are one-way only.</li> <li>If yes, how can I do that? Do I have to have some kind of file containing those roads information, and, then, display them on the map by myself?</li> </ul></li> <li>Do you know any good tutorial to OpenLayers?</li> </ul> <p>I have not tried it yet, those are just out of the blue questions... </p>

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