mapping national parksCraig Mills
united nations environment programme
world conservation monitoring centre
still wanted to draw polygons on maps
still want to let anyone explore(without owning the map cupboard)
and get people to contribute(without the exotic travel...)
Why we did what we did
10 billion vertices
Postgresql (PostGIS)
Rails (limited AR)
Geoserver (GeoWebCache)
(Thinking) Sphinx
Lighter map tiler
Was it successful?
150 edits in one day
we want developers to save the planet(not make balance sheets ;-) )