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| 3 | This page is part of the [wiki:Future MapGuide Future] section, where ideas are proposed and refined before being turned into RFCs (or discarded). Visit the [wiki:Future] page to view more! |
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| 5 | = Overview = |
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| 7 | MapGuide contains all of the features of a great desktop mapping component: Data access, rudimentary GIS, stylization and more. |
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| 9 | Although the current build is tightly bound to a server service, it would be useful to create a build profile that provided a desktop developer to quickly add spatial visualisation and interactivity to their application. |
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| 11 | One roadblock to this would be the current reliance on Berkeley DBXML for the repository structure, as licensing for this module is too onerous for many desktop developers. Perhaps file-based XML storage could be an option? |