Re: Spatial queries against GENSAT or ABA

Because it was easy to do a proof of concept with it, and because  
there are lots of freely available code snippets[1] to add  
functionality to it should we want to go in that direction. If you  
had a look you can see that I didn't have to write much code, which  
is the way I like it :)

Note that Google maps also browses a mostly 2d object. It just  
happens that the 2d object is a sphere embedded in 3 space.
It is true that one can have protrusions, like buildings, but there  
is no facility I'm aware of to view slices.

The Brain explorer[2] is a 3d interface. Eric N has suggested trying  
to script it using applescript gui scripting or some similar  
scripting mechanism.

[1] http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=google+maps 
+extension&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
[2] http://www.brain-map.org/downloadExplorer.do

-Alan

On Mar 4, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Nigam Shah wrote:

> I did pass some emails around to the SMART Atlas folks early last  
> week in order to get their feedback on Alan's work on the Google  
> Maps Javascript API and backend PERL code to support caching  
> images. The Google Maps API is one that has come up endless in  
> these atlasing discussions, and it's nice to see just how it can be  
> made useful - what it can and cannot do in this application space.
>
> Might have been asked before but why Google Maps API and not Google  
> Earth API (which is 3D). There are websites that already allow  
> tracking of flights in 3D using google earth API.
>
> -Nigam.