This is a very simple demo, showing a basic layout for a web mapping application.
The sample data points represent places in the UK. Clicking on them will reveal some very basic information, and is merely to demonstrate that you can interact with map data, and retrieve information. The functionality can be customised to suit your application.
In a real world application, you would have various filters, that can be applied to the data. For example, within a set of dates, or certain places
Application Specific data tools
You may have several different map layers you wish to show. For example, Towns or Villages, landscape features or farms. In addition, you may wish to use different sources for a base map. Here we are using OpenStreetMap, but others include google mapping, Ordnance Survey or Bing Maps
You would typically have some sort of place search on a map, to search countries, cities, towns, postcodes etc
While clicking on the map can display query results, you may wish to view further details. A results pane such as this will often work well
You may wish to ask more complex questions of your data. For example, select all the towns within 50 miles of London. This is an example of a spatial query.
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