Ask HN: Feedback on HTML5 Mapping Library
I'm just in the process of finishing off a new release of Tile5 (will finalize early in the new year) and would definitely appreciate some feedback on features and stuff people are really chasing in this space. Here is a link to the sandbox that has the latest code for the library with a swag of demos:
http://sandbox.tile5.org/
The focus of this version (0.9.4) has very much been on fixing some things under the hood in the library that I knew I could do better. Once this version is stable(ish) and released the next thing to do is roadmapping the way to a stable 1.0 release.
I probably would have asked for feedback earlier, but I really wanted to nail some of those gripes I had with the library before I felt comfortable doing so.
In terms of the things I am interested in the following are some questions I have:
- How important is it for people to be able to integrate "non-geospatially correct" maps. I've done some work towards integrating images chopped by Zoomify, but there is still a little to do yet.
- I really would keep Tile5 as lightweight as possible, and as such would prefer just to support Mercator project rather than all the different projections that exist in spatial land. Idea being if you want geospatially correct, then OpenLayers would be your best choice, but if you want a mix between geospatial and expressive mapping capabilities, Tile5 should get your vote.
There will definitely the occasional bug, and if you do find one then I'd appreciate reporting it at the github repo:
https://github.com/sidelab/tile5
Anyway, thanks heaps for taking a look and any feedback you have.
Cheers,
Damon.