The holy trinity is dead
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This document discusses reasons for putting GIS applications on the web, including that the web is ubiquitous and spatial data is important to share. However, past attempts have overcomplicated web GIS by directly porting desktop functionality and dragging along unnecessary "GIS baggage." The document also references the "Holy Trinity" of desktop GIS - map, table of contents, and toolbar - being dead for web applications. It concludes by suggesting rules for web mapping include keeping it simple, focusing on real users, making beautiful maps, offering less functionality, and prioritizing workflow.
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The holy trinity is dead
- 1. The Holy Trinity is dead. mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 2. This rant is about putting GIS based applications on the web mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 3. Why do we want to put GIS applications on the web? mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 4. Because it's there....the web that is mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 5. Because as GIS people we think spatial is everything and we want everybody else to think the same thing. mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 6. Because everyone has a browser… it must be cheaper to do it all on the web mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 7. Have we failed at putting GIS on the web? mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 8. We've over complicated it mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 9. We've tried to do direct ports of desktop functionality mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 10. We've dragged our GIS baggage with us mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 11. We've had a number of attempts at the technology mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 12. What's evolved in web mapping? mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 13. The web itself mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 15. Old boys with lead in their pencils mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 16. Why was this talk entitled ‘The Holy Trinity is dead‘ ? mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 17. What is the holy trinity? mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 20. TOC(Table of Contents) mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 24. So what are my rules for web mapping application design? mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 25. Keep it simple and think about your REAL users mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 26. Make beautiful maps mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 27. Less functionality is better mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com
- 28. Workflow, Workflow, and Workflow mapbutcher@mapbutcher.com