Hi all,<div><br>I read about the project idea &#39;Zoom search&#39; [0] on GSoC 2011 Ideas List and I think the concept applies to GIS data more than anything else. <div><br>Unlike other data types spatial data almost always needs a graphic visualizer to make it more useful. Unless visualized you can&#39;t figure out what the the data relates to, can&#39;f figure out geographical data in your head without projecting longitude/latitude pairs onto a map. So I propose a data visualizer for GIS data as a part of &#39;OpenGIS support&#39; [1], suggested in GSoC 2011 Ideas List.</div>
<div><br>Zooming, text on hovering and other actions suggested under Zoom search would make this visualization also a source for search and clicking on an item would take you to browse the corresponding data. This would make GIS data compatible with Zoom search proposed. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I would much appreciate your comments on this idea.</div><div><br></div><div>[0] <a href="http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2011_Ideas_List#Zoom-search">http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2011_Ideas_List#Zoom-search</a></div>
<div>[1] <a href="http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2011_Ideas_List#OpenGIS_support">http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2011_Ideas_List#OpenGIS_support</a></div><div><a href="http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2011_Ideas_List#OpenGIS_support"></a><br>
--<br>Thanks and Regards,</div><div><br>Madhura Jayaratne<br><br><br></div></div>