I needed some map functionality in my reports. Initialy I started working with Google Maps, but soon hit the license restrictions of this solution (if your solution is not publicly available it will cost at least 10,000 dollar per year). Looking for an alternative I came accross OpenStreetMap. Besides not having the license restrictions it has several other inetresting properties like allowing you to install all the map data on your own server (i.e. not depending on the availability of other servers).<br />
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The sample attached here just shows a report with the map in it. I have also added a number of markers to the map. The possibilities go well beyond my example. To find out more information go to
wiki.openstreetmap.org. For more information on the API go to
www.openlayers.org.
