Presented by Zain Memon
- DB
- PostgreSQL + PostGIS
- ORM
- GeoDjango
- Front-end
- TileStache
- Slippy Map
- PolyMaps (but would probably use Leaflet or GMaps in the future)
What makes a good map
- Attractive
- Use a different base layer
- cloudlayer.com
- GMaps styled map wizard
Readable
Interactive
- Fast
- Use a CDN
- Don’t pass through too much data
- Don’t use too many polygons (draw shapes on the server and send flat images to the map, if possible)
They have a bunch of points, for each point they define arbitrary clusters.