This is simply awesome.. at the U of Waterloo (that’s in Ontario Canada) they have an open API and have recently come out with a pretty awesome map service that enables students to quickly create a map that routes you between buildings in a way that avoids goose droppings! The map service was developed in a matter of hours and does a fine job at routing students and faculty around goose “hot spots” and get to class safely!
From API Mapping Analysis and Design’s (MAD) Informatics Instructional Coordinator James McCarthy, “We wanted to demonstrate how quickly someone can pull together data from a bunch of different sources to create a useful application,” explains McCarthy. “We also wanted to highlight the benefits of Open Data on campus and how it could lead to the development of other useful applications.”
See details HERE or jump directly to the WMS here
