As someone who has been working on clustering map markers on top of Google Maps, I have to say that doing it with a quadtree algorithm is extremely simple.
At first, I thought that the guy was using KS as an exit strategy from his current startup, Maptimize. Then I realized that he was creating a new, open-source JS client-side library, which is a real need. Kudos to that!
What strikes me is how one could use KS to "sell" useful code/assets from a failed startup. Or, to an extend, use KS as an exit strategy - going open source instead of going public.
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Edit: Sorry, didn't notice the part about leaflet earlier. But yeah, Mapstraction support would be nice.
(note that I'm not the KS project runner, just a thought!)
This goal is to make something very easy to extend.
This goal is to make something very easy to extend.
What strikes me is how one could use KS to "sell" useful code/assets from a failed startup. Or, to an extend, use KS as an exit strategy - going open source instead of going public.